It’s led to a situation where there is massive competition for jobs and low confidence within the profession.
Software engineering has long been a lucrative career for the majority who enter it.
Despite being so well-paid, most software engineers are worried about the way the market is heading, writesMotherboard.
The tech industry saw almost 165,000 people laid off in 2022, according tolayoffs.fyi.
The following year was one of the worst, with 262,682 being laid off from technology companies.
Another major concern for software engineers is generative AI.
We’ve also heard companiessuch as IBMpledge not to get rid of programmer roles due to AI.
Sixty-six percent say it’s “much harder.”
