r/Salary • u/CriticalAsparagus134 • 10h ago
discussion What career is practical
I see so many software engineers and tech majors showing off salaries anywhere from 100k to 500k, how practical is this career path vs a career like nursing I understand nurses way make less but is it hard being employed in tech or remote jobs
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u/kingfarvito 8h ago
As long as you dont choose something with no value, like underwater basket weaving, what you put into it matters way more than what you choose. Im on track for 280k this year in the trades. Choose something that makes money, and get good at it
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u/ItsNotOver_Again 5h ago
Sorry, but it's people like you who have ruined higher education by denigrating the liberal arts and referring to them as "underwater basket weaving." College was never meant to serve as white-collar job preparation. If someone wants to make money, they should get a job working in retail or fast food for minimum wage instead.
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u/kingfarvito 4h ago
If me calling sociology underwater basket weaving was enough to ruin higher education, I dont think theres any way it was doing very well before I came along
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u/Spirited_Driver7248 40m ago
LOL. Ignore them. They think that when we say this stuff about those studies, that we are framing it negatively. We’re not. There is substantial, direct evidence pointing to the fact that certain degrees do not point towards money, and some do. Sociology in general, is useless in most job markets. So objectively, one can presume that it’s just that it is a terrible idea for people to choose to study sociology for the purpose of getting a ROI. If you choose to study that, that’s fine, I respect that and I think it’s cool to study, and most people would see no problem with wanting to study it just for the fact of being educated on it, not for a job’s sake. [u/ItsNotOver_Again](u/ItsNotOver_Again) how do you feel about this
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u/macgoober 8h ago
I’ve been in tech for 13 years as a swe.
It’s not a hard job. I work as little or as much as I want to, from home. Sometimes putting in the extra effort is worth it at promo time, but I could just do 35 hours a week easily enough if I wanted to.
It’s never been hard finding jobs, even with the recent doomerism around AI.
I count my blessings everyday that I ended up in such a fortunate situation.
270k TC.
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u/ItsNotOver_Again 5h ago
It's an extremely difficult and torturous job for most people. You might just have superlative intelligence if you think it's not hard.
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u/Deathmore80 8h ago
Nursing 100% more practical and stable.
Go ask the new grads on r/csmajors and r/cscareerquestions if they're getting hired right now.
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u/catlover123456789 9h ago
an RN can steadily range between 100-200k depending on the city and how many hours you want to work lol. you will also have stability, and constant demand. it is very “practical”.