Comment by DarmokTanagra
9 hours ago
“only make $115k”
This right here is why nobody is shedding tears for the massive employment crisis in tech.
You make double that shilling ai slopware while they work nights saving lives.
I would tell a 17 year old that the world will always need nurses, same can’t be said for guys sitting in their pajamas burning tokens.
What is happening now in tech has been a long time coming, and it can’t happen fast enough.
I just want to make it clear that I’m not assigning some kind of moral superiority to my financial situation and the amount that the economy values my labor per hour.
I don’t make the rules for how much each profession is able to make in compensation.
The world will always need nurses, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a fantastic career to get into if you have a neutral career preference and your primary consideration is university tuition ROI, expected compensation, work schedule, and day-to-day physical exertion.
My point isn’t to debate the virtues of each career, I am intending to stick to objective aspects of them.
In that sense, telling today’s kids that there’s no future in tech careers just because there’s a short term hiring slump is extremely premature. I certainly wouldn’t tell a kid who is passionate about tech to avoid the field just because the unemployment rate is currently 7%.
https://www.investopedia.com/bachelor-s-degrees-with-the-bes...
Spare me your attempt at turning this into a debate after sounding like every pompous dev Ive ever spoken to.
“I make almost double that telling an LLM what to do from my house in my pajamas during the day with less time spent in university.”
If thats not gloating I don’t know what is.
Perhaps I made a mistake in bringing my personal situation into this discussion. Delete that one sentence about my situation and you'll see my underlying argument is still there.
If you have anything to add to the topic at hand rather than critiquing my personality, I would love to hear it.
Is it really wise to tell kids to avoid tech when the #1 ROI bachelors degree is Computer Science and the #1 salary after 10 years degree is Computer Engineering, while the top 9 salaried bachelors degrees after 10 years are engineering degrees? Are we just telling kids to avoid tech/engineering on vibes or real labor force data?