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> IT salaries are high mostly because the people who can do the job well can also do other jobs well True to some extent, but IT salaries are high in my opinio
by kypro 3y ago
> IT salaries are high mostly because the people who can do the job well can also do other jobs well
True to some extent, but IT salaries are high in my opinion because until recently there was a very limited tech talent pool but huge demand for IT talent. I mean IT was only really seen as a good career around 15-20 years ago.
We just got lucky. We had the right skills at the right time. We rode the wave of big tech companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook growing into the most profitable companies in the world. With technology maturing from here on the industry will likely stagnate some and with plenty of freshly well educated IT talent entering the market there's really no reason to not expect this high salaries to continue. In my opinion they'll most likely fall to what your more typical middle class job pays.
- AnthonyMouse 3y ago> I mean IT was only really seen as a good career around 15-20 years ago. It has been seen as a good career ever since it started employing a significant number of people. > With technology maturing from here on the industry will likely stagnate some That's the thing that happened 15-20 years ago.
- trashtester 3y agoActually, IT was seen as a good career from around 80-87 and from around 95-01. It comes in waves. Then there is a bust, and those who went into IT just because it was seen as a "good career", not because they love coding, are weeded out. And with only the passionate developers left, the cycle starts again.
- dukeyukey 3y agoCompilers did the same thing. But over time, as more ways to apply code and software got found, demand massively increased beyond what it was previously. This will probably be the same, at least if AI doesn't completely upend every single knowledge job there is.