[sapeien]

May I ask why one would want to switch from a well respected engineering profession to one which literally kids can do? Outside of the HN bubble where there's lots of VC-funded Internet startup employees, webdev is a joke, and I think you see why now.

[hanniabu]

There's better working conditions in tech, you can get paid more, when you know how to code monetization options open up since it's a lot easier to make money and less risky with a website/store/service than it is making your own physical product, webdev now is also pretty much software development depending on the type of work you do, my engineering background couples very well with program design and also helps out a lot when connecting to physical systems.

[simonbarker87]

Not OP but my speculation (as someone with a EEE degree) is that well respected engineering jobs can be very dull. Webdev can feel liberating as there are no set in stone methods by which to complete something and trying new approaches is actively encouraged as the consequences of getting something wrong tend to be pretty low (expect where finance is involved)