Showing posts with label pay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pay. Show all posts

19 August, 2007

Pay the nerds

Do engineers get payed enough? It's sometimes hard to think they do, considering they usually have 4-5 years of uni, 12 years of school and 12-48 weeks of vacation work under their belt. Does a plumber or a brickie deserve to get payed the same amount after their on-the-job training or apprenticeship?

Well, perhaps they do. I'm sure their work is much more boring and backbreaking so I guess it evens out. Perhaps we engineers enjoy our work too much (because we are nerds at heart) to get paid huge amounts. Why pay someone a lot if they like their job?