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		mathattack on July 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction th... If there’s such a shortage why aren’t EEs paid more than CS grads?

isbvhodnvemrwvn on July 19, 2022 [–]

They don't deliver value as rapidly as devs do. Hardware has massive lead time and substantial pre-production costs, can't possibly compete with iteration rate of pure software.

mathattack on July 19, 2022 | [–]

If the higher value work is in SW that explains the shortage.

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