Yes. If your employer feels that it is competing with FAANGMWSTXblah, they consider you a high-end SWE. If your employer feels that software development is a

Yes. If your employer feels that it is competing with FAANGMWSTXblah, they consider you a high-end SWE. If your employer feels that software development is a cost of doing business, you are a normal SWE. If your employer feels that everything can be outsourced, you are the cheap glue that holds things together. If your employer is in the business of providing the outsourcing, you are probably a digital sweatshop employee.