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Would you still be a SWE if it paid less?

If SWE pay collapsed to be average and closer to non-tech pay, let's say it fell about 30-50%. Would you still do it?


Just curious how many SWEs out there are in it only for the money. Which is totally fine, by the way, it's just a job. But I feel like, with how saturated the market is and how AI is changing the way we code, we'll see pretty soon here who's actually passionate and/or talented with this stuff and who was just here for the money.

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ThatguyOverthereFull Stack  
You can be in it for both those reasons simultaneously. Doesnโ€™t have to be exclusive.
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okiedokieboysSoftware Engineer  
There's 2 different questions going on here. Of course it's possible to like the job and the pay, so I don't find that question very interesting.

The better question is the one in the title: Would you still be a SWE if it paid less?
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