alt Hacker NewsAI aside, if we just look at other engineering disciplines in mature sectors, the future is not bright(er).
No fully paid golden cadillac benefits packages (for your dog too!), no twice daily uber eats comps, no $150k entry level, no unlimited PTO, no 6 months leave.
If you go to your uncles engineering department at the boiler company, these guy's engineering roles are about as pampered as the warehouse managers.
The upside is that it will cull those in it just for the money/lifestyle, and concentrate it down to those in it for the love of the craft.
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> The upside is that it will cull those in it just for the money/lifestyle, and concentrate it down to those in it for the love of the craft.
Is that what you see at your uncle's boiler company? People who are truly in it "for the love of the craft"?
That is a SV thing, in many places it is a regular office job.
You are already in a treat if having free coffee and fruit.
You don't need to look at other engineering jobs, just look at software engineers out side the US. We make decent money compared to the local market, but we've never had the royal treatment that US devs seem to get.
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Two things:
1) Unlimited PTO is a scam. Ask anyone who ever got paid out six weeks salary when they changed jobs.
2) “the craft” is doing some heavy lifting here. I happen to enjoy AI-assisted dev, but it is nothing like the work that drew me to the industry.
Otherwise agreed on all counts.