Re:Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired
by VirusNewbie on Thursday March 14, 2024 @05:05PM
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> The worst thing when I mess up is the product is a few days late.
I wrote code for the emergency broadcast system, as well as telecom code. Plenty of people could die if that code messed up.
Being a doctor has grueling training, but I think it's a very different skillset from a senior engineer at FAANG. The type of problem solving that is required for the latter is not really comparable. Remember, there's not even a cartel to keep comp artificially high. It's just that expensive if a senior (or higher) engineer fucks up at FAANG that spending an extra 100k to get the top 2% of talent vs the top 5% of talent is worth it to them.
I wrote code for the emergency broadcast system, as well as telecom code. Plenty of people could die if that code messed up.
Being a doctor has grueling training, but I think it's a very different skillset from a senior engineer at FAANG. The type of problem solving that is required for the latter is not really comparable. Remember, there's not even a cartel to keep comp artificially high. It's just that expensive if a senior (or higher) engineer fucks up at FAANG that spending an extra 100k to get the top 2% of talent vs the top 5% of talent is worth it to them.