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An old flatmate of mine was a Mckinsey consultant and in Aus was on something like $240k per year salary. I thought this sounded pretty good compared to my $14
by LouisSayers 4y ago
An old flatmate of mine was a Mckinsey consultant and in Aus was on something like $240k per year salary.
I thought this sounded pretty good compared to my $140k as a software engineer but then I realised he was putting in a lot more hours.
It makes me think, how many hours could you sustain developing software vs doing consultant work?
I know for me personally the amount of actual hours coding per day isn't all that much - my brain simply gets tired (depending on the type of coding).
Perhaps if you're doing really brain intensive work you simply can't work as much as someone that does less intensive work, and if we accounted for the hours worked by each perhaps the difference wouldn't even be that much (especially if we price in say 1.5x pay for overtime)?
- thebigspacefuck 4y agoDoesn’t it seem like the more you’re paid in this industry the less time you spend actually coding?
- LouisSayers 4y agoYes that seems true in general although in my experience you don't necessarily end up working more hours in a technical role even though your cognitive intensity required may be less (as your experience increases and you end up in more meetings etc).