lower TC vs less competition

Seeing how there’s fewer openings for SWE’s right now and potentially lower tc in the future (since there’s less demand but same supply) there could be fewer people trying to switch to a SWE role. I used to see a million posts on reddit about people asking questions on how to transition their career to SWE, but i’m seeing less of those (though i still come across them occasionally). Would you rather see a lower TC (let’s say 20% cut) across the industry for less competition? The influx of competition and talent has made big tech up their interviewing level difficulty over the past few years from what i’ve seen tc: 184k this poll is for fun don’t take it too seriously