&gt; The market for software engineers is different from the market for - let&#x27;s say - actors. Especially for senior developers there is way more demand than there is supply.<p>The &quot;undersupply of engineers&quot; meme again! This is a simplification. Supply and demand are measured at a given price. There may be way more demand than supply at one price (salary), but supply and demand is balanced at a more appropriate salary.