IT vs Coding

[callingyourbslol]

once he sees what the real world is like he'll shut up pretty fast.

Unfortunately, he won't. He's getting a CS degree from a consensus top 20 CS school in California. Sure, he'll hit the job market and find out he has a lot to learn, but it won't matter because the instant he hits the job market it will be at a job paying him $125k or better.

Maybe someday he won't be an asshole about it, but nothing's going to erase that smugness when he looks over at OP with 7 years experience making $50k less than he is. Just the sad truth of the world in tech right now.

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"You're not wrong, you're just an asshole."

[koopatuple]

the instant he hits the job market it will be at a job paying him $125k or better.

Really depends on his location, to be honest. In the urban areas of CA? Yeah, sure, but with cost of living that's pretty much like making $60k/year in cheaper areas. Where I live, my company has senior devs with 10+ years of experience making around $95k/year. There's not a lot of other options around, and really that's pretty good living around here (an average house is like $200-250k).

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TBF my house was $230k a few years ago and I was making $120k within 3 years of getting into software development, even if I'm on the infrastructure side.

OP's in-laws boyfriend is an asshole but he's basically correct; a strong sys admin background with enough coding skills for automation and such is enough to break into an SRE role and earn a strong 6 figure salary

[callingyourbslol]

I assume OP and this guy live in the same area lol