Yup. At least with a physics PhD, it seems you make less than the software engineers sitting next to you even at a physics-centric company. Unfortunately, most

Yup. At least with a physics PhD, it seems you make less than the software engineers sitting next to you even at a physics-centric company. Unfortunately, most people out of grad school are just happy to be making more and don’t exercise much negotiating power, suppressing wages for everyone.