What’s the difference between a Systems Engineer and Software Engineer? It seems SW pays more, why?

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One engineers systems and the other engineers software. Things usually pay more due to supply and demand.

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Supply and demand. Companies need to hire tons of SWEs to build applications. On the other hand you don’t need nearly as many SEs.

Hence salaries are higher for SWE as there is more demand.

I wouldn’t necessarily say one is harder than the other.

SWE requires in-depth knowledge of algorithms and is more deep knowledge in a relatively narrower area.

SE requires really wide knowledge of different areas (OS concepts, networking, observeability, IaaC, containerization, DNS, OSI Model, TLS) so it covers tons of different areas.

Personally, I much prefer SE work to SWE type of roles. It’s a lot more high level which is more interesting than being wholly involved in the nitty gritty details. Exits are also really good if you have good communications skills.

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