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I got the feeling that car companies treat SW like a cost center, asses in seats kind of mentality. They don't pay well, you work on uninteresting stuff and cor
by reader_mode 5y ago
I got the feeling that car companies treat SW like a cost center, asses in seats kind of mentality. They don't pay well, you work on uninteresting stuff and corporate ladder is likely a dead end.
So I doubt they (traditional car companies) are going to get better at software any time soon.
- justicezyx 5y agoI talked to quite a few car manufacturer in China: Shanghai auto Changan auto First Auto As part of my research into automotive software and exploring opportunity for disruption. They were all on the hype train of "software defined cars". Definitely not just a cost center. Of course they are still figuring out how to do software, and learning from people in the internet industry.
- reader_mode 5y agoI was thinking more about traditional EU manufacturers, from my experience (interviewing for a few positions way back when) I got that vibe. Salaries match that assessment. You can see how much they believe software is important by how much they are willing to spend on attracting talent.