[luka-birsa]

"Being a developer is not a good long-term career option, unless you really like the job. It demands much, but the pay isn't competitive, except for a small minority."

1. Being X is not a good long-term option, unless you like the job. 2. Not sure where you base you viewpoint, but I have a hard time finding a more competitive and global job market that favours candidates. 3. All high paying jobs demand much. Otherwise they wouldn't be high-paying.

[jltsiren]

My impression is that the top 20% of the job market pays competitively, while the bottom 80% doesn't.

The average developer writes and maintains custom software for large organizations. While that kind of secretarial work is useful and necessary, it's not particularly valuable and doesn't pay that well.

[drumhead]

Not particularly valuable.....until your system goes down and you cant access the data or pay your employees or activate your machinery, or miss vital deadlines, etc etc.

[908B64B197]

> My impression is that the top 20% of the job market pays competitively, while the bottom 80% doesn't.

Truth is, it's the top 20% that creates the most value.

[TheCoelacanth]

"Not competitive" for a software developer is still a pretty high paying job by most peoples' standards.