Tech and Non tech Pay Partiality is something no one talks about

Engineers deserve their pay.

1 - The code that engineers write are assets of a company. The code might keep running and serving customers for years after a engineer has probably even left the company.
On the other hand, the work that most non-tech folks do are not assets, but an operational expense.

Companies don't derive benefit of a non-tech even beyond the same month the work is performed.

The difference is the same as painting your house vs brushing your teeth. You don't paint your house everyday but you do brush your teeth. Painting here is a long lasting asset, adds to the value of the house. Brushing is necessary work but with ultimately perishable benefits.

2 - Code that engineers write provide non-linear benefits. A team of 30 in Zerodha were able to serve 3-5x more customers in the pandemic. This same scalability does not apply to non-tech majdoori. Business has scaled? Hire more heads. Not with code.

Obviously above does not apply to senior managerial folks who build and architect the organisation, set the cultures, create processes. The impact of their work is long lasting and non-linear. But work of junior business non-tech folks - well, they're getting paid as much as the value they create. Low leverage, low pay. Coding is very high leverage.

Before you jump on me, I worked for sales in years. Then shifted to product. Above two points are a reality whether you like it or not.

Funny how newbies in Bollywood earn crs but young techies don't. What on earth are we comparing. Bullshit

Tech is just a glorified enabler. All the high salaries you see are mostly due to funding and low interest rates. Business roles demand high salaries because they are directly linked to profits. Also, in business roles, your value increases with experience. With tech roles, you need hands on experience with each new random tech that comes into the picture. So experience is not valued after a certain point I feel. Also, I'm sure this is a very unpopular opinion - coding just isn't that hard. You put in enough effort, you can do it.

Only in tech work can impact by millions of people life.

No techies don't think everyone gets paid similar

In fact parents(&society)pushes us into tech because they presumed techies earn shitloads of money...(which is somewhat true)

And that's why techies chose to be in tech, and stay away from bi roles!

#My_2_paisa 😐

The comments on this post are either by techies defending themselves or PMs who are also in an over glorified role. I work in enterprise tech and am very close to the developments happening in the ecosystem but internationally and in India. There’s gonna come a time when code will be commodified and actual people skills will trump keyboard ninjas. Anything which can be trained will be consumed by AI. People on the other hand are more complex and will always be decision makers. Go out into the real world and get your hands dirty in actual business, you’re gonna need it soon

It is due to simple supply demand in itself. The sheer number of people who are on the business side are >> no of people who can code, or adjacent. This small pool further inflates their value due to startups mandated to splurge capital after every raise and not having the discipline and patience to keep a fixed bar. This leads to over spending on tech vs business in the earlier stages. Moreover, business side folks have the financial understanding to keep people costs lower as they are measured by business value vs people, whereas tech is measured by velocity more than costs

Majority of people working in tech & most of the commentors here have no clue how businesses work. They think they'll just write code & it'll magically appear in front of millions of customers creating revenue & impact, without having any marketing & growth folks.

Also, I have seen the kind of product higly paid developers make when there's no/minimal PM/Designer involvement. Good luck shipping that shit to customers.

I don't think the value creation by tech is any better than non-tech. Both need each other for any real business to exist, and are useless in it's absence.

The only reason for pay disparity is supply-demand. In the recent few years, tech & digitalization have expanded so much across all fields, demanding a lot of work & there are just not enough skilled engineers to do that.

I feel like techies have a very high entry price. But after a point it tapers off, unless they kill it at management. For non-tech, I think it is gradual. And so in the early years it feels very unfair for sure.

WTH is this rage bait topic,, got nothing better to do @BiryaniEnthu