3 ms·
We (software engineers) are not the elite just because our salaries are high. Don't be fooled by this. We are highly trained workers. We're closer to the worke
by booleandilemma 5y ago
We (software engineers) are not the elite just because our salaries are high. Don't be fooled by this.
We are highly trained workers. We're closer to the workers in construction or the other trades more than anything else. We just happen to get paid more, due to market circumstances.
The actual elite are trying to drive our salaries down every day.
Edit:
And even if after reading my comment you still think we're the elite, check out any "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?" thread.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27355390 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27355390
- airza 5y agoTrue. My only point was that we are closer to that than this guy writing for the atlantic.
- Jasper_ 5y agoYou can argue over who's at the top, but we absolutely (currently) do have cushier jobs than writers. You might not believe this, but journalists can also be highly trained workers too. Their world got rocked by a race to the bottom, and a push towards lower-quality, rushed journalism, and yes, fake news and clickbait. Something that some of the people on this very board have absolutely helped enable. The same thing will happen to us too. Computer programming won't be looked on seen as a highly-trained or lucrative skill, and we'll be pushed out and left to wither by some new profession who have been tricked into believing they're smarter than all the others. This cycle has played out before, and it will play out again. Try and have some compassion for those under you, the same way you'd appreciate it when it's your turn.