My non-programmer friend (a mechanical engineer) has better pay doing what she loves.

I have lower pay, clocking more hours, and stress, doing a subject that I don't like.

Should I change profession?
: /

Find what is the best thing you have to give to this world, and do it.

In a world full of wanabes, only few become masters.
How did they do ? They didn't do what they wanted to, they did what they had to.

learn to negotiate your salery better?

Yes, I would love to earn less but do something I like more than what I currently do.

Find a better job. Stress is not ok. Doing a subject you don't like is not ok. Find an interesting non-stressful job and be happy with it.

Your profile says you're a student. If you're unsatisfied with your compensation as compared to other technical professions, maybe wait until you have ten to fifteen years' experience before comparing it. Aside from the fact that you can't fly into flying, mechanical engineers are much, much rarer than software engineers, and are able to command a higher salary at the outset. Software engineers have to prove themselves, as the (relatively) saturated market shakes them out of the trees.

Scientific studies have shown that devs who use hashtags on devRant are in the lowest 10% range of dev salaries.

@Fast-Nop 😆 wtf haha

@Fast-Nop #programmerlife

@heyheni
Boss said no budget.. so maybe next year..
But then again, maybe next year I won't work for him anymore.

@bahua
Which dataset that mention mechanical engineers are rare?
I have lots of friends from ME.
On the other hand, finding people who can use terminal properly is like finding a needle in a haystack.. I get excited when I see one in real life

@Fast-Nop
Just realized that people don't use hashtags here..
/*facepalm*/

@cho-uc

The US bureau of labor statistics' data from 2016 says there are 288,800 mechanical engineers in the US, compared to 1,256,200 software developers. The average pay for a mechanical engineer is lower, but since they're so much rarer, they make it almost immediately, while it takes years of experience and demonstrated value in a field of heavy attrition to make good money as a software developer.

I don't see any reason the percentages would be appreciably higher or lower in Germany.