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The Value of Things

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Re: The Value of Things

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Meaningful or not, that's a lot of work and money for a pay cut, fewer options, and worse job prospects [0]. [0] Most of the new EE Grads I see go into software engineering.

I mean, it's not like I'm going to forget how to write code any time soon. I'm currently recovering from the n-th tough burnout, and I feel like I need a shift toward something new and meaningful. When it comes to job opportunities, from my perspective, knowing the entire stack (not in the webdev sense, but rather both hardware and software) makes you highly attractive on the market, in both worlds. So, while I genui…

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Re: The Value of Things

#52
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meaningful or not, that's a lot of work and money for a pay cut, fewer options, and worse job prospects [0]. [0] Most of the new EE Grads I see go into software engineering.

I mean, it's not like I'm going to forget how to write code any time soon. I'm currently recovering from the n-th tough burnout, and I feel like I need a shift toward something new and meaningful. When it comes to job opportunities, from my perspective, knowing the entire stack (not in the webdev sense, but rather both hardware and software) makes you highly attractive on the market, in both worlds. So, while I genui…

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