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It's not that bad is it? Lead developer puts you on a similar salary to senior doctors or lawyers, generally with a significantly less stressful work environmen
by zelos 5y ago
It's not that bad is it? Lead developer puts you on a similar salary to senior doctors or lawyers, generally with a significantly less stressful work environment and shorter working hours.
I've seen several developers work towards management roles, make the switch and then end up moving back to IC roles after realising the grass isn't always greener.
- apercu 5y ago> similar salary to senior doctors or lawyers, with a significantly less stressful work environment and shorter working hours. There's so much to unpack here. Some doctors make 400k. Some make 700k. Some make 300k. Some are stressed and work a lot of hours. Others aren't and don't. Some lawyers want to be on partner track at a big firm. They might be stressed and working a lot of hours so that they can make 400k or 500k or $1,000,000 annually. Some make $100k and don't work much, aren't stressed. Most software developers make less than $150k. Most software developers I know are stress balls until they check out and then start working 24-30 hours a week and the rest of the office time is bullshit. On the west coast of the US and in Fintech in NY some developers make 300-400k.
- zeroonetwothree 5y agoMedian pay for lawyers is $120k. For doctors $210k. For senior software engineer it’s $130k. In VHCOL areas those numbers are much higher of course.