HWE vs rest of Silicon Valley

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Oct 7, 2021 11 Comments

In the recent years while on the hiring team I am noticing it is getting tougher to find HW engineers especially the ones with electrical/ signals/circuits background.
After digging more on my hunches i found there is truth that very few people are graduating in said skills as they is lot of hype or pay or flexibility in other engineering’s like SWE, ML/AI, and UX/Apps etc.

Jokes are welcome but I really like to hear why is there huge gap in HW vs SW pays?

11 yoe @ 350K tc
#hardware #semiconductor

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  • New
    Alpha_7

    New

    Alpha_7
    90% of my class moved to other domains for much better pay, perks & "prestige". Very few people want to do a hard job for low pay.

    We are the idiots here for allowing the industry to take us for a ride.
    Oct 7, 2021 0
  • New
    c2c2

    New

    c2c2
    Profit margin of sw >>> hw.
    Oct 7, 2021 3
    • New
      Alpha_7

      New

      Alpha_7
      What's IE?
      Oct 7, 2021
    • Intel
      Eqtt38

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      Eqtt38
      Consulting is also viewed as services and high end consulting pays well just as the top software engineers do. I think the top (20%) software engineers will always be paid well.
      Oct 8, 2021
  • What roles are you searching HW engineers for? I am a HWE and find it tough to find positions to apply to.
    Oct 7, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    coe_god

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    coe_god
    T10 Computer Engineering school went to software for the pay as did a lot of my peers
    Oct 7, 2021 0
  • Supply and demand
    Oct 7, 2021 0