It's not just about profitability but rather about how many players are out there. Fewer players, fewer customers and much lower barrier to entry means more mo

It's not just about profitability but rather about how many players are out there. Fewer players, fewer customers and much lower barrier to entry means more mobility which means employees have the ability to demand more. Hardware also requires more experience and if we are honest more education to get into, there is some weird state of fields which on one hand require so much to enter but on the other pay quite below what one would expect and hardware design is just one of them.