My perspective as someone that crossed over from medicine is that the software industry suffers from two current problems: lack of licensure and wild expectatio

My perspective as someone that crossed over from medicine is that the software industry suffers from two current problems: lack of licensure and wild expectations. The standard hiring process has grown into a monstrous time sink on both sides, and it is purely because there is no quality filter on job applicants. Contrast this with hiring in the medical field, which can be as simple as giving them your name so they can verify your licensure status. I know that the velocity of change in the software industry makes it difficult to maintain an agreed upon standard of knowledge, but in my mind until you have a more robust centralized certifying authority, this will continue to be an unsolved problem. The second problem is that I have met several devs that have quite frankly ludicrous expectations surrounding compensation and the work needed to obtain it. At least in the US, virtually any other job that pays you over 150k TC by 25 years of age demands rigorous hours and likely low wages prior to that. Comparing to my colleagues in medicine and my friends in law and finance, it became a joke how shockingly disconnected expectations in the software world have become. Like others have said, the FAANG salary scale has contributed to exuberant behavior. I've had enough conversations with smug recent grads on what falls below their inflated standards of worth to know that the miserable job market is a badly needed correction for the better.