PerkyCupcake
PerkyCupcake

Share some jobs or function names which are highly overvalued and overpayed?

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BouncyDumpling
BouncyDumpling
InMobi18mo

Mine. I am a DevOps engineer at a fintech startup, I write server configurations for 45L/y and I work about 10 - 20 hours a week, remotely. I keep thinking they’ve figured out how easy my job is and decided to fire me and then instead they tell me I’m doing a great job and promote me 🤌🏻

PerkyCupcake
PerkyCupcake
Amazon18mo
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SillyCoconut
SillyCoconut

Then I think you are doing a support role. DevOps is not just making server config,it's far beyond that.

WigglyBanana
WigglyBanana

EMs who don’t code 🫣

PerkyCupcake
PerkyCupcake
Amazon18mo

🤣

PeppyBanana
PeppyBanana
Swiggy18mo

True they get a salary , for doing back***i

BubblyTaco
BubblyTaco

College librarian
20-24 lakhs pa

DancingBurrito
DancingBurrito

Damn what do I do to become a college librarian?

BubblyTaco
BubblyTaco

Real question is what will you do after you become one

SquishyQuokka
SquishyQuokka
Gojek18mo

In my opinion, there are seldom any roles that are highly overvalued. However, I would fathom that any role that is multiple layers of separation away from execution is going to be what most people allude it to.

For example: Product Management, is abstract in nature and the output isn't very tangible. Thus, people not intimate with their work will likely. yield to overvalued connotation.

Similarly, Management Consulting suffers from this as well. With the addition of high consulting fees and intangibility, it is perhaps the classic example of a perceived overvalued job.

This also applies to fields with significant complexity. Think of jobs like Investment Banking, Quantitative Analysts, Data Science etc. Since they deal with complex data and subject matter. Their work may not be easily understood by those outside their field, leading to perceptions of overvaluation.

QuirkyCoconut
QuirkyCoconut
Student18mo

Though I don't have experience but I agree with this, PMs are at times literally treated like assistants and have to do roles of other people because their value is not respected lol. The fact that they have to take shit from people who keep saying they are useless and the added fact that their outputs aren't tangible makes me feel bad for PMs

JumpyPretzel
JumpyPretzel

Perfect opinion 👏

MagicalQuokka
MagicalQuokka

Management consultants.

Also, engineering managers who don't contribute technically.

BubblyNugget
BubblyNugget
IBM18mo

They get paid to outsource the blame on taking bad decisions

FluffyCupcake
FluffyCupcake
Amazon18mo

Interestingly, all functions from engineering to PM to consulting are covered in this thread 😂

Toh bhai kaam karta kaun hai? CEO? Or Coooooo? 😂

DizzyBagel
DizzyBagel
TCS18mo

looks like sales folks are 🥇

ZippyDumpling
ZippyDumpling

@NaiveSting sales folks are it One of the toughest jobs when you get down to it, very less regarded, and usually underpaid 🥲

QuirkyBiscuit
QuirkyBiscuit
Dunzo18mo

It’s data scientist for me. Insane pay, and most of the ds folks I’ve worked with end up delivering little value.

SnoozyQuokka
SnoozyQuokka
Student18mo

What's the post range in terms of work ex?

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

Still paid less or equal to backend SDEs. Half of which also deliver no value

DerpyBoba
DerpyBoba
InMobi18mo

Copywriting as a job in 2023. Engineering Managers that just do people management. Data Science who have very little shipping to production or impact. Product Managers that only do Program Management

SparklyWalrus
SparklyWalrus

Copywriting is overpaid? You’ve never had multiple teams on your back for urgent, random, nonsensical writing requests that you spend hours on and write multiple iterations of only to be told “its just one line what’s the big deal” 😢

DerpyBoba
DerpyBoba
InMobi18mo

Copywriting is overpaid when you compare with chatgpt. It is far better and superior. Hurts sentiments but sad.

QuirkyNarwhal
QuirkyNarwhal

Glorified ops and program management roles in form of founders staff, ceo office

ZestyRaccoon
ZestyRaccoon

Product - overpaid as fuck Get paid shitloads for making half baked google docs and shipping it to developers who make a stupid ass products.

These fuckers then retain their jobs by doing version updates for the half baked shit that they push out in the world.

SnoozyWalrus
SnoozyWalrus

I am surprised other Razors have a similiar opinion like me lol. Whenever we request a feature for Ops team, the PMs really dont care about our ease of use , productivity and shipping good quality products. They mostly refuse our requests. If they are not saying yes to everyone, the million dollar question is, what exactly they are doing 🤔

ZestyRaccoon
ZestyRaccoon

I was talking about PMs in general. Ours toh anyway get paid to be on that cricket group.

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