Flexibility is what keeps software engineering salaries going up. Over the course of my career I’ve done firmware, desktop software, mobile and web development

Flexibility is what keeps software engineering salaries going up. Over the course of my career I’ve done firmware, desktop software, mobile and web development for a variety of industries. All on the back of a 4 year computer science degree. Example industries I’ve worked in: pro audio(Avid), consumer hardware (Apple), social networks (Facebook), medical marijuana, education, crypto currency (Coinbase). My work has impacted tens of millions of people and generated massive revenues for the companies I’ve worked for. Sadly Chemical engineers and pharmacists are very specialized jobs that often require masters degrees and hence don’t have the same career flexibility. This friction in career switching combined with the cost of education in the USA is a big problem. Their are few professions that offer the same bang for your buck as software engineering. We are a very privileged and lucky group of people.