It seems like we digressed a bit from the original main question … or what I understood as the main question. Which are the most lucrative areas of Software Engineering. I’m a C# software engineer working (these days) at a medical device company. Salary (not total compensation) is $125K. Perhaps it’s a case of “the grass is always greener”, but I heard (1) firmware engineers and (2) software engineers specializing in bioinformatics make the big bucks, have the glamorous lifestyle and get all the girls :). Anyone care to comment? And any hints on breaking into these fields? For (2) perhaps the free courses on edx and coursera?

My motivation is not so much more money, but rather I’m bored after more years than I care to admit doing C#!
Thanks,
Dave