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Comment by drudoo | Hacker News Reader

Architects for sure. We permanently have open positions and it is impossible to find qualified candidates.

Software Architect is a difficult job, many skilled developers deliberately forego higher pay to calmly work on tickets from the current sprint and not worry about the big picture.

I switched been Software Architect and Individual Contributor roles a few times. the pay difference does not really match the increase of responsibility for this position, you have to be willing to communicate, lead and challenge others and have fun doing it to be a successful Software Architect.

Same with team leading - not much more pay if any at most companies but a lot more stress. A lot more realtime dealing with stuff. Like loads of meetings at set time’s regardless of your natural flow. Coding remote otoh is like a tap. Turn it on and off. Come back and finish later if needed.

I completely agree. But I feel like the work is more rewarding. I’ve been a manager for a team of architects and I love the difficulty and problem solving of their jobs.

I've been doing principal dev and architecture with teams ranging in size to 30, for many a year in Australia.

May be looking for a new role in a few months time should I find one fully remote with US level pay, if this might be a good match should I get in touch with you?

I’m not US based and the company language is not English unfortunately.

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