Re:Ask HN: Reasons to stay in Software Engineering
by ex_amazon_sde on Sunday July 15, 2018 @12:18PM
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A degree in EE has been a big plus in some teams I worked in, both in terms of getting hired and day to day work.
Be aware of this: 99% of teams/companies out there are not solving quantitative problem. They are throwing chunks of code from stackoverflow at some app. They use every framework, tool, methodology of the year and look for those names on your CV.
Yet, there's a niche where people do data driven development, understand and use statics and mathematical models, and do real engineering like aiming to solve a problem with the minimum amount of complexity and code.
Aim for that. There are teams like this in Google, Amazon, Facebook and other smaller companies. You have to go and hunt for those. Stay away from coder jobs.
Be aware of this: 99% of teams/companies out there are not solving quantitative problem. They are throwing chunks of code from stackoverflow at some app. They use every framework, tool, methodology of the year and look for those names on your CV.
Yet, there's a niche where people do data driven development, understand and use statics and mathematical models, and do real engineering like aiming to solve a problem with the minimum amount of complexity and code.
Aim for that. There are teams like this in Google, Amazon, Facebook and other smaller companies. You have to go and hunt for those. Stay away from coder jobs.