Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten entire tech ecosystems

Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by stackbutterflow on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:33AM (#32149353)

They can't. Margins are thinner. Hardware companies have extra costs that software companies don't have.

I almost tripled my salary by moving from what the person your replied to is looking for to the web. AND it's easier. AND I can work remotely.

I don't blame them. But they'll be more and more desperate to attract people. The democratization of remote web jobs after COVID is another nail in the coffin. They pay less, 99% of the time you have to be in office. It's a losing battle.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by vitno on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:18AM (#32150449)

This frequently isn't true, although I'll admit it's industry dependent. This is the rhetoric used to depress the wages. Sure, they have extra costs but when you do the math, frequently the wages are still just a drop in the bucket of the operational expenditures.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by Ancalagon on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:42AM (#32153201)

Agreed, its the same tactic used in healthcare.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by Workaccount2 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:42AM (#32151297)

I think the real issue is that software is way overpriced.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by ZephyrBlu on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:57PM (#32159547)

Software is underpriced for the value it generates.

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Re:Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten ... by Workaccount2 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:59AM (#32164464)

So is everything else, you just take it for granted at this point.

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