Having gone to multiple doctors due to my health condition. A doctor ( not a surgeon) is glorified beyond reason in social settings & social media. Software engineers work just as hard to keep up with evolving tech and especially prepare for job interviews at desirable companies. We are forever studying as well if we want to keep up with the IC track. what’s so special about a Doctor? How much do they get paid ? They definitely have longer Careers and no agism / less sexism , I will give that#engineering #software #swe #medicine Update : wow! A lot of reaction. To clarify, this was for family doctors or the first doctor we see. Who orders bloodwork and referrals. TC : 520, 11 YOE
The average doctor has several orders of magnitude more positive impact on society and the people to whom they provide their services than does the average software engineer.
That's a pretty narrow view of impact. Technology produced by software developers and their companies have impacts on society at a scale far beyond any single doctor. Tinder is responsible for how many babies?
Yeah except most of that technology impact has been for the worse, not better for society.
Your bachelors is nothing compared to medical school. And you earn more. Stop it
Medical school ain't that bad
@sNBu37 I don't agree w/ this. Medical school is extremely difficult and, honestly, I'm not sure why anyone goes through with it (aside from passion). You can put half of the required med school effort into CS + Leetcode and easily get FAANG offers out of undergrad.
You need help.
Maybe on a daily basis you can argue that you work harder as a software engineer. But I think the question is which is more important? I’ve never heard anybody complain of a shortage of software engineers. No offence but you could disappear off the map tomorrow and your lack of development output wouldn’t really make a difference to anybody. But losing a doctor could impact an entire community.
If importance determined pay, teachers would make more.
Pretty sure there is a shortage of “talented” engineers. That’s why FAANG engineers get paid ton in the first place.
I have a chronic illness that I need to see a specialist for a prolong period of time, I am forever grateful for her care and procedures. Software engineers are self serving and greedy
We just have rep. Doctors get free pass for a lot of bad practices, bad actors, and bad guesses on the medicine and treatment. Older industry and very regulated. Perspective. Who is more important? Idk. Chrones/mls is not cure by doctors but researchers. A lot of big words. I don’t think Engineers are better. I think we are different. Also dev allow literally anyone doctors have to have 10 years of paying for diplomas to be allowed
Square - this is an uninformed comment. There are bad software engineers and there are bad doctors. Doctors in US often need to purchase medical malpractice insurance, and according to some statistics - 1 in 3 physicians get sued at some point in their life. How many software engineers you know have been sued for bugs in their code? https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/1-3-physicians-has-been-sued-age-55-1-2-hit-suit
Last I checked, software engineers don't need to have malpractice insurance to do their jobs.
Maybe doctor cant help you cause your condition is psychological cause this take is bananas.
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How many lives that SE ruin? Have you ever thought of business or people whose jobs got displaced by technology?
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You don't save lives, majority of the doctors do
Lol, not after the c19 debacle. The industry has received a black eye for sure. One of my friends who has his own practice was telling me what a bunch of meat heads the average medical practitioner is because they’re VERY procedural.
SWEs would be paid $0 if they had no positive impact in society. Capitalism is a kind of vote, and saving lives is only one aspect of growth. Having a bunch of people simply alive does nothing for advancement.