I have been at my current company for over 4 years. When I joined, I was offered stock options with high strike price which would cost me about $500K to exercise. At that time, I was hoping that the stock price would go up by the time it vests, and a 100% gain in the stock price would net me a decent amount of money.However, after 4 years the company is still marching on at the same stock...
But I am slightly concerned if the semiconductor market itself is not very good in the long term, and software is.
I guess I am looking for a risk free way of testing if I could do better in software jobs in the longterm. I don't think there is ever going to be such an option.
May be next time I am looking for a job, I would take short break and try something different just to see how it is.
So, I've a PhD in Electrical Engineering from one of the good schools and am doing okay at my job. However, my earning potential doesn't seem to be as good as those at Google / FB etc.I have some experience in programming and web development. But not a lot.These days I see these grand packages for people working at the big software companies and wonder if I should move to programming as a...