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Pay has never been correlated to the difficulty of the job. It's simply how much money you can generate for the business. Software is but one part of an embedde

• Dudeman112 4y ago
  >It's simply how much money you can generate for the business I find your excessive faith in businesses disturbing. Markets aren't rational [1] and the wage-labour market isn't either. Sometimes there's no good reason for something, only a bunch of chain of consequences that don't necessarily have to make logical sense from an utility perspective. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/long-island-iced-tea-micro-cap-adds-blockchain-to-name-and-stock-soars.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/long-island-iced-tea-micro-c...
• GianFabien 4y ago
  You need to look at the business as a whole. Software only business are profitable because the per unit cost approaches zero as your volume increases past the development amortization cost. Say profits in the order of 80%+ Embedded systems are part of tangible products. They have an order of magnitude greater non-recurring engineering costs, then cost of components, manufacture, packaging, inventory, distribution and after-sales service and support. Due to the huge up front costs, volumes are generally limited by capital funds. So the net profits are likely to be 15% - 20% range. When you look at the differences, it becomes clear why tangible product companies are unable / unwilling to pay like software-only companies.