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Huh, I'm surprised. As a software guy, I think the hardware engineer has a tougher job that requires more skill.
by kbelder 6y ago
Huh, I'm surprised. As a software guy, I think the hardware engineer has a tougher job that requires more skill.
- BeetleB 6y agoIt is tougher, but how tough a job is has little to do with the pay. It's all about supply/demand ratio, which is higher for hardware engineers. Hence they get paid less. There are simply far fewer HW jobs than SW ones. While there are more SW engineers, it doesn't make up for the delta in number of jobs available. Even within the SW world, I've jumped around jobs of varying difficulty. The tougher jobs did not pay more.