The Golden era of software engineering is gone

I don't think engineering time is up. People who have skills will be in demand no matter how much AI advances. Redundant roles which can be easily automated are reduced not the pure technicals once.

It's understandable to feel nostalgic about the past, but the tech industry is dynamic, adapting to evolving trends and challenges. While concerns are valid, there's also room for positive change and innovation. It's essential for companies to strike a balance between efficiency and employee well-being to foster a sustainable and thriving software engineering ecosystem. - ChatGPT

I'd wait for a year or so to give my opinion on this.

Yup time to move to atoms world. Make everything smart. From cooking machines to cars to homes, to factory machines.

Era of pampering is probably over.

Golden era of engineering entitlement and inflated benefits is over, Not Software Engineering. Humble, learned, skilled software engineers were always treated as first class citizens and would be in the future as well. Chaff is going away.

Might seems so but as we have seen in the past when machines and computers came up, people said human jobs will be gone but here we are. I think just like the past, humans will pivot to something niche or some new industry all together. Think about it, if company lays off people they don’t earn, if they don’t earn how will they spend, if they don’t spend how will companies generate revenue, if there is no revenue then how will a company operate. You have to see things at a macro level. If you remove the human from the supply chain then what is the supply chain for? All this infra, tech and other stuff is built by humans and for human comfort. How can humans not be a part of it? Just my 2 cents

Meanwhile Sam Altman marrying to his gay partner:D

I am not kidding, there is a lot of scope for electricians, plumber, civil contractors, interior designer, carpenter. It's not too late. Divert your focus to build skills for these roles.

Maybe time to find a SD for myself 😜

The AIs that are present rite now are pretty generic they dont have complate context Once AGI comes to life all economical viable jobs will be done by AGI

"Learn AI at 9rs and get instant job" - Utuber bruh

At least talk to people who have spent 20+ years in the industry. You think this is the first disruption? Learn to solve problems. That’s what people will pay for. Take pride in your work and improve your craft. People who just want to sit in a corner and write code and not do anything else were NPAs anyway. Understanding domain, working with stakeholders, building solutions for real world while applying maths, cs fundamentals will always bring value. What people call the golden era was actually inflation of the egos of so called developers who are code coolies at best.

At least the next 6yrs is settled without the fear of AI wiping out jobs.

Nah buddy engineering hasn't gone anywhere it's just companies saw the redundancy and removed it, upskill yourself and you have plenty of opportunities, but yeah golden era of hanging a tag and reserving your place in org is gone.

Just keep building and be in top 10%

You mean era of “average overpaid coder” is over!!

I’ll consider this when I see fresher compensations dropping.

What about hardware engineering?

One recession and such posts start coming up lol