[sublinear]

There's also a very long tail of businesses that are not "big tech", but still have significant IT departments and pay well for "boring" work.

[dieselgate]

That's my impression as well. I don't understand the perspective of "is software engineering over because I can't make a quarter million base salary anymore?". I've always preferred smaller companies and never wanted to work at a large tech company - don't foresee much change in my future unless I willingly change industries for personal reasons

[sublinear]

Yeah I mean what's so bad about half that pay and living somewhere affordable?

[hd95489]

Expect they don’t pay all that well. Just ok ish