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Wrt median: Your points seem to support what I am saying. The median general salary is much lower than even the tech industry's supposed depressed wages. Then w

by psranga 17y ago

Wrt median: Your points seem to support what I am saying. The median general salary is much lower than even the tech industry's supposed depressed wages. Then why aren't people scrambling to become engineers like they did to become realtors or at least encouraging their children to become engineers? I don't have the link handy, but NY Times had a great graphic with salaries of different professions. Lawyers are paid more than computer people, but the delta is not a multiple (iirc it was about 50% more). So it's not even clear to me that lawyers are paid significanty more (considering the criticality of their work). Also it's not clear to me why you bring in PhD and master's. Most engineers in tech don't have those degrees.

geebee 17y ago
<The median general salary is much lower than even the tech industry's supposed depressed wages> My point is that it doesn't make sense to compare a skillset like engineering to the median. You'd need to compare it to the kind of salary someone capable of engineering would be able to earn in another field. Salaries for a field can be higher than the median and still be lower than they would be in the absence of an H1B program. <Then why aren't people scrambling to become engineers like they did to become realtors or at least encouraging their children to become engineers?> I didn't notice anyone scrambling to get their kids into the real estate business. But maybe the reason they don't encourage their kids into engineering is that they've seen that a similar or lesser effort in other fields would have a bigger payout? <Also it's not clear to me why you bring in PhD and master's. Most engineers in tech don't have those degrees.> I brought this up because it was used in the original article that promoted this thread. It is often used to justify the need for an H1B program.

by psranga 17y ago

geebee 17y ago

<The median general salary is much lower than even the tech industry's supposed depressed wages> My point is that it doesn't make sense to compare a skillset like engineering to the median. You'd need to compare it to the kind of salary someone capable of engineering would be able to earn in another field. Salaries for a field can be higher than the median and still be lower than they would be in the absence of an H1B program. <Then why aren't people scrambling to become engineers like they did to become realtors or at least encouraging their children to become engineers?> I didn't notice anyone scrambling to get their kids into the real estate business. But maybe the reason they don't encourage their kids into engineering is that they've seen that a similar or lesser effort in other fields would have a bigger payout? <Also it's not clear to me why you bring in PhD and master's. Most engineers in tech don't have those degrees.> I brought this up because it was used in the original article that promoted this thread. It is often used to justify the need for an H1B program.