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Tech is a rare industry where you can easily pivot into it later in your career, start at an entry level position, work your way very high up the ladder and get
by KKKKkkkk1 3y ago
Tech is a rare industry where you can easily pivot into it later in your career, start at an entry level position, work your way very high up the ladder and get paid very well along the way.
That's not likely to be possible anymore. Microsoft's net income went 9x in the last two decades. Apple's 475x. I don't think this kind of growth is going to continue.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoJust because the outsized equity awards are likely a thing of the past doesn't discount anything from the sentence you quoted. I've seen it time and time again, what the tech industry really craves is very detail oriented people who can communicate and who are proactive (i.e., if they see that something has fallen on the floor, they pick it up, they don't just assume someone else will). That said, as easy as it is to conceptualize those qualities, they are quite rare in my experience. Can't say how, as a software engineer, it's been extremely disappointing to see so many product managers who don't seem to understand that having a detailed knowledge of their product at the lowest levels is a requirement for the job.