Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer
by bjornsing on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:45PM
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If you want to see the extreme, come to Sweden. Here many see soft and hard skills as mutually exclusive. So hard work and understanding the nitty gritty details is extremely bad for your career, in many companies. You can imagine the culture it fosters.
But the situation is improving somewhat. At least that’s my impression. Like a drunk that has hit rock bottom we’re on our way to recovery. :)
The pattern is identical in other industries and even in academia. Professors are supposed to be technical staff, but in reality most have become middle-managers bossing around scientists much smarter than them (paraphrasing the OP). Plus, they usually claim all credit for any breakthrough.
As a European, I think the US industry is much more innovative because this is less of a problem. It is still an issue, but at least technical people get some recognition.