Bro, I'm confused.
You're saying things that contradict each other. First, you mocked civil engineers' starting salaries (around 120,000). But other engineering disciplines, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, etc.... also have similar starting salaries. So I'm not sure whether you actually know what the typical starting salaries are across different engineering fields.
Of course. I have no clue about the salaries of other fields. Thats why I was surprised at 120k starting salary for an engineering grad. You should be ready to face mockery if you go around mocking a profession. You reap what you sow mate.
According to your own statement, people in the tech industry are struggling these days. So why were you mocking the starting salaries of other engineering disciplines?
I know how much recent IT graduates are struggling to find their first job. So you're laughing at other engineers' starting salaries while also saying that money in tech is no longer guaranteed.



wtf bro?
People in tech industry who came for money are struggling. They were not real engineers anyway. They saw that SEs make a lot of money and decided to do a IT/CS degree. They have no passion to learn new things. So naturally when the market becomes competitive, they will struggle. For those who are smart and know what are doing, IT salaries are still way higher than ither fields. But if you came for money and have no passion, you “might” get a job with 300k starting salary. But you will struggle to keep up.
One question for you. Imagine there's a kid who's always been fascinated by structures like the Burj Khalifa and the Shanghai Tower etc... Every time he sees a massive structure like that, he wonders how it was built. At the same time, he's also passionate about tech. He enjoys coding, building things, and working on projects in his leisure time. If that kid asked you which career path he should choose, what would you tell him? How is he supposed to know which path is right for him according to your passion logic? And please don't give me a bulshit answer like, "Go into IT and build software for civil engineers."
Let me say one thing. If you have this doubt, that means you dont have a passion for tech. Go do something else. When I was at this stage, I had no doubt. Pay me or don’t, I was going to be an SE. Of course the money factor was there. But some days I was coding until 2 am and then waking up to go to school at 5:30. Thats when I was 13. I had no internet. So I was copy writing code snippets from the school library and running home to try them out in my old pc. Thats passion. Its obvious coding was not a leisure time activity for me. It was my thing.
Earlier you could get a job in IT, be good at it and make a living. You didn’t have to love it. But sadly not anymore. With the competition, if you don’t keep up, it will be depressing for you. You have to constantly learn and keep up with your colleagues. For someone with no passion for tech, it’ll be hard. Thats where the passion logic comes in. To constantly learn something, read about something, you have to be passionate about it. If you have it you will survive in IT. If you survive, you will make money. Obviously more than other fields.