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No, if you can programme, there are oodles of highly paid jobs in tech

by rmc 13y ago

turnip1979 13y ago
Correct for the most part. With some exceptions. I've seen a bright kid from Italy act very despondent. He was convinced there was no way to have a decent career in his country. I gave him a pep talk but it did make me wonder: - are we in a temporary bubble of high salaries? - how long-lived is the technical career? I see people get progressively despondent in their 40s and 50s. Unlike other fields, I don't think we treat our elders with respect. - tech is notoriously inward looking (a toll on the mind). we also have ridiculously sedentary jobs (a toll on the body) I am so addicted/madly in love with computers that I can't see myself doing anything else. But I am practical about stuff like housing costs and retirement. I see a very real possibility that the economics of tech will turn around and salaries will take a hit. Already, I've hit a salary wall (around 130K), which doesn't take you that far in expensive parts of the world. My MBA friends seem to be doing a bit better now - what is worrying me is that they get better/get paid better with age. Lets see how long I last ... Btw, under 35 here.
- mattgreenrocks 13y ago
  > are we in a temporary bubble of high salaries? There's no guarantee. I worry about the same thing. > I don't think we treat our elders with respect This is why software is an extremely immature discipline. * We don't want to use discipline because it hurts our 'flow' (JS semicolon debacle) * We don't learn from the past ("coupling's not real!") * We don't respect our elders...unless, of course, you're famous (e.g. Carmack) I love building things, but the sentiment (at least on HN) is disgustingly populist at times. It's like the whole industry tries to make itself mediocre.
  - andyzweb 13y ago
    nothing succeeds like mediocrity
    - mattgreenrocks 13y ago
      Good insight. Mediocrity asks so little of people that they never become defensive.
aestra 13y ago
Oodles? This depends very very heavily where you live. I know many many people who after getting their CS degrees had to move away. In fact I know way more people who moved than stayed or went back to their hometown.

No, if you can programme, there are oodles of highly paid jobs in tech

by rmc 13y ago

No, if you can programme, there are oodles of highly paid jobs in tech

turnip1979 13y ago

Correct for the most part. With some exceptions. I've seen a bright kid from Italy act very despondent. He was convinced there was no way to have a decent career in his country. I gave him a pep talk but it did make me wonder: - are we in a temporary bubble of high salaries? - how long-lived is the technical career? I see people get progressively despondent in their 40s and 50s. Unlike other fields, I don't think we treat our elders with respect. - tech is notoriously inward looking (a toll on the mind). we also have ridiculously sedentary jobs (a toll on the body) I am so addicted/madly in love with computers that I can't see myself doing anything else. But I am practical about stuff like housing costs and retirement. I see a very real possibility that the economics of tech will turn around and salaries will take a hit. Already, I've hit a salary wall (around 130K), which doesn't take you that far in expensive parts of the world. My MBA friends seem to be doing a bit better now - what is worrying me is that they get better/get paid better with age. Lets see how long I last ... Btw, under 35 here.

mattgreenrocks 13y ago
> are we in a temporary bubble of high salaries? There's no guarantee. I worry about the same thing. > I don't think we treat our elders with respect This is why software is an extremely immature discipline. * We don't want to use discipline because it hurts our 'flow' (JS semicolon debacle) * We don't learn from the past ("coupling's not real!") * We don't respect our elders...unless, of course, you're famous (e.g. Carmack) I love building things, but the sentiment (at least on HN) is disgustingly populist at times. It's like the whole industry tries to make itself mediocre.
- andyzweb 13y ago
  nothing succeeds like mediocrity
  - mattgreenrocks 13y ago
    Good insight. Mediocrity asks so little of people that they never become defensive.

aestra 13y ago

Oodles? This depends very very heavily where you live. I know many many people who after getting their CS degrees had to move away. In fact I know way more people who moved than stayed or went back to their hometown.