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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by nitwit005 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:20AM (#32147822)
It doesn't really seem like a "hustle" thing. You have the choice in working one of two quite similar jobs, in quite similar fields, but one of the jobs pays far more.

You also may have a friend who's already made the move telling you to join.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by bumby on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:40PM (#32159856)
>You have the choice in working one of two quite similar jobs

My issue with this take is that it’s also quite likely that the jobs are completely dissimilar. How long do you think it would take a front-end SWE to develop a 480kV electrical grid or vice versa? Both domains require specific skills and should be respected as such

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by nitwit005 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:51PM (#32169591)
You're maximizing the gap though. People go from doing EE work on some embedded device, to writing software for the same class of device.
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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by bumby on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @05:45PM (#32172826)
Sure, because there is large variance in engineering. Not just EE, either. If your an ME you might design HVAC but it doesn’t mean you can take an ME’s role designing CFD models in aerospace applications. Pretending jobs are interchangeable is a disservice to the skillsets
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