Same as above SA - solutions architect
SA?
Consulting vs Software Development are like Apples and Oranges though they are from the same orchard.
What does a solutions architect do? Integration work for SAP?
SAs can do a lot of things, but mostly systems design.
SWE??? Software Engineer? Thought that was SDE....
I work in Cisco, here the pay is more for the sales people. So SAs make more money than SWEs. The base for both the SAs and SWEs would be the same. But what helps the SA get more money is they get commission based on the sales which can hit multipliers, where as SWEs would get bonus which is usually not that high as the commission. Lot of SAs in Cisco move towards an Account Manager or Account Executive role so that they can hit multipliers and get more money. Curious how it is in AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google cloud.
Prestige chaser
That doesn’t make it wrong