2020-2021 period was golden in Tech, freshgrad got 260k offer, seniors got multiple 600-800K offers. Now getting a 250K job in Tech is like winning a lottery. Is this still a lucrative career? would you want your kids to pursue a Tech career and education over other options like business, medicine, law etc
Went from 185K TC to 500K TC during golden period. Laid off and new TC is 250K.
Tech is dead. Go to med school.
I think so yes unless you are in Consultation & ChatGPT doesn't automated your tasks
Majority of doctors have tons of debt and donāt make shit until late 30s
Tech vs. business: Tech is preferable, but if they want to work at a bank Iād be OK with that. Tech vs. medicine: Definitely tech. Tech vs. law: Prefer tech. If they want to work at a law firm I might be OK with that if their STEM skills are subpar. But lawyer elsewhere (public defender / prosecutor) is a no.
Medicine is most noble profession and with most respect . There should be no argument on it . Going by pay and tc which seems like your criterion op - even by that standard average medical surgeon does it well . They study for years because they want to serve humanity ā¦ respect this
They also have limited global mobility, way longer hours and really bad wlb until they become specialists. I guess startups can be similar with wlb and hours though.
Surgeons have China 996 tier WLB. Respectability is one argument, but they absolutely don't win when you weigh up effort versus reward. It's extremely rough on your health to wake up at 3am for emergency surgery regularly.
51/50% poll - nice move, blind š¦®
Iāve always thought that tech is superior relative to consulting and banking because of the more progressive culture (remote/hybrid friendly, less hierarchy) and less client facing nature of the role that contributes to the long hours. Plus tech is more merit based where if you have the skills, you have a good chance of succeeding regardless of your background. In business, itās much more prestige based and you have less opportunities to succeed if you donāt go to a prestigious school or have the network. Even if the earning ceiling is higher in business, I think tech is still more worth it.
Finance is more merit based than tech
tech is merit based lol
A down turn in hiring and you are already stating that tech is dead, it's highly cyclical in terms of job availability and goes through these cycles all the time. tech has taken over everything, in the long run that would only increase, in the last 2 decades we started seeing most successful businesses who positioned themselves as tech companies as opposed to businesses who used tech to enable themselves, subtle difference but very important I don't think tech is dying
I don't have a high opinion of doctors. It feels like they resist any opportunity to scale health care with FUD. Probably primed to be affected by better diagnostics and AI, especially with soaring cost and horrible wlb
Hallucinating AI doctors FTW
Hallucinating AI doctors still better than most US doctors that only care about their money
Tech remains lucrative, if not the āgolden-ticketā as it was in the last decade. There are very few professions that help sharpen your problem-solving acumen, mobility/flexibility (WLB, hybrid work, relocation options), and a pay that is above-median by multiples, in some cases. Having said that, I personally find that ageism in tech is a real thing so >40-45, it makes sense to explore a potential move to more mature domains (Pharma, Banking, Logistics, Education).
> ageism in tech is a real thing so >40-45 examples?
Make absolutely sure that "lucrative" is the only factor in every decision that influences your kids future. Does money buy happiness? Yes, yes it does.
With money comes freedom and with it comes the option pursue of happiness in whatever way you choose. You just need to know when to retire from the rat race.
Lol freedom working in an office with pip and shit manager, this guy.