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Interestingly, as a side effect of this, the marginal gains on the most skilled engineers continues to increase. For certain classes of work it is very difficu
by Hermitian909 4y ago
Interestingly, as a side effect of this, the marginal gains on the most skilled engineers continues to increase.
For certain classes of work it is very difficult to hire even at the top of the market. There are positions my company would happily pay a million/yr to fill and simply cannot find anyone who meets the requirements.
- adam_arthur 4y agoYes, so the median wage declines, and the wage of the most productive increases. You'll have 20% or fewer of engineers doing most of the work. The amount of impact an individual can have has never been higher
- jamesfinlayson 4y agoWhat sort of positions out of curiosity?
- Hermitian909 4y agoIt's hard to list all of the sorts because sometimes the needs are quite nebulous. Sometimes it's someone who's a great engineer who's just... really great at certain kinds of growth hacking, whatever that entails. These are more "you know it when you see" opportunities. Engineering leadership can be sort of similar. The kind of person who can "make things happen". More technical roles are often easier to describe. A few concrete examples: Someone who got their PhD researching databases who is also a very experienced software engineer. A senior software engineer who's worked for a few years in the finance world, and understands some of the more advanced math like stochastic calculus. Someone with experience helping hypergrowth mode startups whose main DB is MySql to adopt Vitess.