[Cumpiler69]

>It's because software devs are smart and make a lot of money

They just think they're smart BECAUSE they make a lot of money. Just because you can center divs for six figures a year at a F500 doesn't make you smart at everything.

[nly]

I've never met a fellow software engineer who "centers divs" for 6 figures.

But then I work with engineers using FPGAs to trade in the markets with tick to trade times in double digit nanoseconds and processing streams of market data at ~10 million messages per second (80Gbps)

The truth is, a lot of P&L in trading these days is a technical feat of mathematics and engineering and not just one of fundamental analysis and punting on business plans

[saagarjha]

If you were smart surely there would be easier ways for you to make that money ;)

[danaris]

If you were really smart surely you would be able to see that there are more long-term valuable things for you to do with your time than just make yourself more money...

[nejsjsjsbsb]

If you are smart that is the easy way to make money!

[Cumpiler69]

>I've never met a fellow software engineer who "centers divs" for 6 figures.

But did you ever meet fellow engineers who don't take everything literally?

[cyanydeez]

The secret of meritocracy is it can be measured in billionaires

[Cumpiler69]

Forgot the /s ?