Comment by nl

Embedded systems engineers are (usually) paid a lot less than full stack engineers.

Edit: I seem to be getting (a lot!) of downvotes on this. I thought it was quite well known, but apparently not.

Full Stack Engineer salary: $93,598 [1]

Embedded Software Engineer salary: $74,758[2]

[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Full_Stack_Engineer...

[2] https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Embedded_Engineer/S...