I'm a sr sde at amazon. I actually think programming is the easiest tech role both to get and to execute. Why do so many programmers on blind think it is is the end all be all of tech roles?
Because a lot of engineers live in a bubble, and are clueless about things outside it
how else would I hide self esteem issues?
dating around .... or baggy clothing.
Dating around would require them being interesting or attractive though. Both tall asks…
Because, education or not, stupid people are stupid people.
Because the market offers more $$$. Also frankly the LC song and dance is ridiculous and rather hard to learn. Other engineers still get jobs with resume screens and referrals and questions actually related to their fucking jobs. LC is like making civil engineers master a bridge builder game or pilot candidates master Ace Combat.
Because they’re nerds who want to feel validated for how little social cachet they possess.
Ignorance and arrogance. No one would pay you 200-300k if people didn’t know what to make and how to sell it and support the product in the future. If you think everyone else is useless make the product yourself and sell it . You can become a millionaire
Umm that's called starting a startup. Many coders do indeed choose that option and become millionaires.. The reason big tech pays SWEs highly is because otherwise they'd join or create startups. Whereas sales/marketing people don't have this option.
Don’t most tech sales make more than engineers? And marketers can start marketing companies.
Lack of maturity? Most engineers, in my experience, tend to be introverts and don't engage a lot with people outside their circle.
SWE nerds are combination of narcissism, low self-esteem, insecurities. I'm SWE
Because they can write code that does everyone else's job but they are the only one's writing code.
That's only AI/ml engineers with cutting edge resources. (So like 5 companies). Everyone else, our shitty if/else code won't scale to everyone else's jobs.
Im trying to get into the mindset of "why everyone is useless but me" but yeah you're probably right.
Pride and ignorance
guts and glory
Chicken and waffles