Re:Companies worry more about access to software developers ...
by dunpeal on Monday September 10, 2018 @03:10AM
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> I've always considered my peers to be physical engineers (e.g. civil, mechanical, electrical), not finance or medicine people.
The key question is what profession has a name that rings similar, but what are your other options as a fairly clever person with a quantitative streak.
In the US, finance is an obvious example.
> Most people who get a degree in finance don't end up working in finance, at least that's the case in Australia and New Zealand from the people I know.
I'm not an expert on OZ/NZ, but guessing that's because the financial sector in the US is several orders of magnitude larger.
I've always considered my peers to be physical engineers (e.g. civil, mechanical, electrical), not finance or medicine people. I get paid a good amount more than my mechanical and electrical engineering friends, for a job that (for me) is easier and also took me 1 less year at university so I have a lower student loan and an extra year of earnings and experience (3 year B.Sc, vs 4 year B.Eng).
In terms of absolute numbers, I'd guess that there are actually a lot less people who got a B.Com in finance or business who are earning more than what software engineers earn. Most people who get a degree in finance don't end up working in finance, at least that's the case in Australia and New Zealand from the people I know.