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Yeah you don’t want to work 60+ hours a week to be even remotely close to what you were making before?

• alephnerd 7mo ago
  > Yeah you don’t want to work 60+ hours a week These are union jobs where hours worked don't extend beyond 50 hours including overtime and with significantly lower barrier to entry compared to software. Why should American SWEs earn more than Accountants (around $80k), Teachers (around $70k), or Mechanical Engineers (around $80k)? It's this kind of attitude that makes non-techies feel schadenfreude. Techies moan and moan, yet in reality we became the capital elite - a median TC of $190K [0] does make you the capital elite in a country where the median household income is $80k [1]. Even investment bankers have a similar TC to SWEs [2] - especially if you don't work for a Bulge Bracket or Elite Boutique. [0] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/united-states https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/united-... [1] - https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-286.html https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-28... [2] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/investment-banker?countryId=254&country=254 https://www.levels.fyi/t/investment-banker?countryId=254&cou...
  • sapphicsnail 7mo ago
    Just because someone has it worse doesn't mean you should accept bad things happening.
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