SWE is better. Tools can be outsourced to India or Mexico.
Why cant swe be outsourced as well? What part of swe makes it in house only?
It all depends on what you like doing. Compensation is on the same scale.
Yes
have heard that it’s less prestigious and hard to switch to swe. that being said people outside the company probably won’t even know what it is and blindly just see google on your resume. it also depends on your other options
By SETI do you mean the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence institute.
Software Engineer, Tools & Infra