Different sub-professions. Digital design vs mixed signal vs device physics & such. Last time I had close contact with the industry, digital design indeed was

Different sub-professions. Digital design vs mixed signal vs device physics & such. Last time I had close contact with the industry, digital design indeed was a bit more competitive and correspondingly it was the only one considered to have good career prospects -- but the offers were still between shabby and embarrassing next to entry level SWE, even outside the bay area. This could have changed.