This has been thr pattern with most of the trendy "well paying jobs": They're only well paying once you account for the insane overtime. I've even see people posting jobs bragging about how many hours you'll work.

Perhaps the issue is that there just isn't that much technical work to go around.

While software was booming I remember hearing stories from EEs who found the opportunities in that field lacking. My understanding is that a lot of the people didn't do much technical or engineering work, but those who remained in the field became "BOM spreadsheet babysitters" and "Guy who's only here because we need a licensed engineer to sign off". It really pushed my away from that field even those there are many domains within it that greatly interest me. My understanding is that a lot of the hands on or technical engineering positions went to Asia along with the manufacturing

Over the last several years I've become convinced that most of the insidious corruption in the country lives in the courts.