> * Chip design pays better than software in many cases
You are comparing the narrowest niche of hardware engineering to the broad software profession overall?
> (US and UK included; but excluding comparisons to Finance/FinTech software, unless you happen to be in hardware for those two sectors)
How many hardware jobs are in the finance/fintech sector? I've never anyone working on hardware in finance nor have I seen a job posting for one. And I doubt the highest paid hardware engineer is making remotely close to what the highest paid software engineer in finance is making.
> but I think it is more a symptom than it is a cause.
Or parents, industry professionals, college professors/advisors, etc advise students on future job prospects and students choose accordingly.
You are comparing the narrowest niche of hardware engineering to the broad software profession overall?
> (US and UK included; but excluding comparisons to Finance/FinTech software, unless you happen to be in hardware for those two sectors)
How many hardware jobs are in the finance/fintech sector? I've never anyone working on hardware in finance nor have I seen a job posting for one. And I doubt the highest paid hardware engineer is making remotely close to what the highest paid software engineer in finance is making.
> but I think it is more a symptom than it is a cause.
Or parents, industry professionals, college professors/advisors, etc advise students on future job prospects and students choose accordingly.