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I know this will be unpopular here, but no, SW wages need to fall. They are incredibly inflated compared to the rest of professions, and not only it is impossib
by 4gotunameagain 3y ago
I know this will be unpopular here, but no, SW wages need to fall. They are incredibly inflated compared to the rest of professions, and not only it is impossible to raise all wages like that, but other, harder and more important professions need to be incentivised more.
A doctor working at a public hospital should be paid much more than us, that are sitting at their computer all day. Yes, doctor wages need to rise, but also SW wages need to fall.
And this is comping from an aerospace engineer with an inflated wage, which, being in Europe, is not nearly as unfairly inflated as in the US.
- hardware2win 3y agoDoctors are paid better than SEs, arent they?
- yomlica8 3y agoI think depends upon the SWE and depends upon the doctor's specialization. Doctors do have a credential system that sets them up for a longer more stable career path with few ageism concerns. But all things considered more money now for less time investment is more valuable.
- markus_zhang 3y agoI think average doctors should get paid more but doctors who work in private places probably need to get the same treatment as high end SWE. But all in all I think worker's share of wealth shoud raise but that's a bloody question.
- dnissley 3y agoDo you have any ideas about how to make software cheaper?
- 4gotunameagain 3y agoYeah, don't pay people that write back end javascript more than firemen. Let's start with that.
- gottorf 3y agoWhat gives you such a special insight on what kind of work should be valued and remunerated at precisely what levels?
- dnissley 3y agoThe only reason people are paid more to write software is that it's valuable + hard and time consuming. If it was easier + faster, software producers wouldn't make as much money. Either that or you can reduce it's value in some way (this seems like a pretty bad way to go though). The way you're phrasing it now it's like you're imagining that there's some central committee to appeal to in order to change this fact, but I imagine you already know that's not how things work -- so why would you phrase it like that?
- JuanPosadas 3y ago> SW wages need to fall lol no. I'm not taking a paycut in a world where CEOs making 400x their bottom paid workers are the ones greedily raising prices across the board.