Re:I plan to leave tech to pursue art
by mushbino on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:24PM
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He could just move to Product Design for half the pay of a swe and the same treatment as a production artist. Worst of both worlds.
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Re:I plan to leave tech to pursue art
by goldenchrome on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @11:19AM
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High tech pays designers the same as engineers and in my opinion it’s a much better gig. No one’s looking over your shoulder to see how many lines of code you commit.
At a FAANG, a Product Design IC can make up to around $350k/yr. A SWE can regularly make $1M/yr. My BiL is an eng manager and he makes a little over that.
One thing I've noticed is that most engineers seem to be relatively happy and stay at places longer. Most designers seem to be miserable.
Just my 2¢, but having hard, understood metrics can be easier in many ways vs much more nebulous things that can be hard to quantify. That kind of turns into more of a popularity contest.