The best paid engineers I know seem to be the super fast hackers who write unfathomable amounts of code in short order.
Unfortunately thoughtful design and engineering doesn't get recognised
in my experience this is because there are very very very very few thoughtful designers and engineers, especially compared to people that are cranking out code.
in my experience this is because there are very very very very few thoughtful designers and engineers, especially compared to people that are cranking out code.