I’ve been a SWE for more than 8 years now. It was so easy getting jobs 2-3 years ago. Now it’s like a never-ending battle if you’re trying to land a job in this market right now. Especially with AI on the rise, many companies and businesses are skeptical to hire software engineer who are not unicorns (many years in FAANG companies).
I’ve worked in corporate, startup environments, and i’ve failed now twice trying to make my own business.
In theory, if I was a unicorn in my craft (SWE) I should be able to create an application that gets alot of traffic and revenue. My point is, maybe it’s not the app/idea/software itself. It’s just who you know and how you can sell.
So SWE’s are pointless now pretty much? Go use wordpress with an experienced business guy and you already closer to being successful than a unicorn SWE.
Thoughts?
AI can already build a website in 30 seconds.
It’s already automating software processes, until it will program anything alone.
The combination of AI & robots will take every job except those which require human touch like social work and of course all research.
My best advice right now is try to make money from AI before it takes over everything.
If you’ve got an idea ping me in few weeks and I’ll help you.
Best of luck🙂