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by yodsanklai
561 days ago
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I see several big issues with SWE roles - it's hard to have a complete career only coding (assuming that you'll still enjoy it at 40-50-60). Ageism is a thing. - you're extremely dependent on economy. Sure, you can earn $500K+ at FAANG, but you can also get laid off and earn much less. You probably won't earn such high salary for your whole life (see above point) - SWE not a respected profession. What do you do for a living? I'm a coder VS I'm a doctor. I'm not saying being a doctor is perfect, it certainly varies. But I feel it's more future proof than SWE. Also it's easy to code as a hobby. Perhaps even more fun than doing it professionally. Another point, in some developed countries, having access to healthcare can be increasingly difficult. If you're in the system, you make it easier for you and your family to get care when you need it. I hope this guy can do whatever he wants, but I can understand his parents. |
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In turns of future proofing it's not even comparable. SWEs have negative protection. Mostly not unionized. You don't even need a license to write code.
If the government says we're going to launch 100 programming schools and flood the market with 100,000 coders in next 4 years, no one bats an eye. If it's for doctors you can see what happened in Korea[1].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_medical_cris...