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A very specific survey limited to Hired.com so not sure if this generalizes. Lot of times a percentage change is provided starting from a small base giving the

by npalli 4y ago

A very specific survey limited to Hired.com so not sure if this generalizes. Lot of times a percentage change is provided starting from a small base giving the wrong impression (RoR having high demand, NLP engineer top role etc..) With that, some non-obvious observations from this sample that popped out -- 1. All remote roles settling to around $160K in the US. This can't be good for those in the high cost areas like SF, Boston etc.. where SOL is easily 2x of the lower cost cities. How will people in high cost regions make remote employment work? 2. How is blockchain engineer still a thing? I would have predicted more than a substantial drop, more like complete wipeout. 3. Rust bottom of the list (least favorite) in engineers favorite/least favorite language. I LOL'ed at this one, since any Rust topic opens with "most admired programming language 7 years a row" statement. Go third least favorite less favored than HTML, Java, C++ and SQL (!). Definitely an interesting sample group.

ravenstine 4y ago
> 1. All remote roles settling to around $160K in the US. This can't be good for those in the high cost areas like SF, Boston etc.. where SOL is easily 2x of the lower cost cities. How will people in high cost regions make remote employment work? How else are people not in big cities supposed to make in-person employment work? Well, besides taking lesser opportunities. It seems like tilting the playing field away from big (and arguably dysfunctional) cities is the more equitable outcome. I think the jig is up for a few cities hogging all the tech, and if that changes the rules of engagement for city-dwellers and their living situation, such is life. > 2. How is blockchain engineer still a thing? I would have predicted more than a substantial drop, more like complete wipeout. A combination of easy money and surveys such as this one being largely imperfect. Exacty how many blockchain engineers do you know personally? I can't name a one. For all we know, there's 3 developers with the title of "blockhain engineer" working for one company out of the basement of a house and are making ~170k.

by npalli 4y ago

ravenstine 4y ago

> 1. All remote roles settling to around $160K in the US. This can't be good for those in the high cost areas like SF, Boston etc.. where SOL is easily 2x of the lower cost cities. How will people in high cost regions make remote employment work? How else are people not in big cities supposed to make in-person employment work? Well, besides taking lesser opportunities. It seems like tilting the playing field away from big (and arguably dysfunctional) cities is the more equitable outcome. I think the jig is up for a few cities hogging all the tech, and if that changes the rules of engagement for city-dwellers and their living situation, such is life. > 2. How is blockchain engineer still a thing? I would have predicted more than a substantial drop, more like complete wipeout. A combination of easy money and surveys such as this one being largely imperfect. Exacty how many blockchain engineers do you know personally? I can't name a one. For all we know, there's 3 developers with the title of "blockhain engineer" working for one company out of the basement of a house and are making ~170k.