Why You Shouldn't Become A Software Engineer Right Now | What Should You Do Instead

[@TripleA679]

During the current large layoffs we have been experiencing, there are a few profession in Tech and IT which I noticed that were not affected at all, They are well worth looking into because the demands for these professionals seems to be only increasing. 1. Data Engineers 2. Machine Learning Engineers 3. Network Engineers 4. Network Security Engineers.

[@annoyingprecision2487]

I would probably add embedded software engineers to the list.

[@jamesm.9285]

​@@annoyingprecision2487 especially for those with a Computer or Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree. Seriously considering this.

[@bigazTV]

I’ve accepted my fate and decided to dedicate my time to open source, solo projects and learning new skills. I have a feeling the floodgates will open soon and I want to make sure I’m ready

[@TechwithLuca]

Good luck not many people actually can do open source. Here is a tip. For example I am trying to apply to Airbnb. I can go find their open source repo and contribute to them. During application I can point to them and say I did this and this. Good luck!

[@emilyau8023]

I hate the popularization and glamorization of tech. It's really putting people on the wrong path.

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for watching. I remember when back in 2010. it wasn’t that main stream to work in tech and not many people knew tech was this high paying job but now I feel like everyone is trying to break into tech. Even doing non tech related role at tech companies are the way to go.

[@YTPexcelero]

What do you suggest people do. Even the trades are saturated. Everyone you ask says their field is saturated.

[@WithSandra]

Great insights, thanks Luca!😁

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for watching!

[@bigmelonboy4618]

Been looking to learn coding to switch from law. Thank you for the insight

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for watching!

[@cheeseball4292]

DON'T leave your REAL career in a prestigious career in law for a phony scam like "a 'career' in tech". It's NOT a real job. It never was, never will be. It was always just a bubble!

[@mynora8476]

So, what have you decided?

[@jakeleone8944]

Right now we give a 15% tax break to hire a foreign student STEM worker over any local student. Which is insane. We need to extend the OPT Tax break to all students and the unemployed. We further should create an apprenticeship program for all tech workers, the penalty for leaving early, could be that 15% tax break. Because every tech job, requires some training. And our tech companies are refusing to take a risk on locals, who can leave anytime after getting that training. This would really help our economy develop local talent. Instead, we give companies a huge incentive to disregard our own students, in favor of foreign students. That is why you are having issues finding a STEM job out of college, and you should be talking loudly in every forum about this.

[@adventurer1121]

Completely agree. Now is not the time to switch into software - layoffs are ongoing and projects aren’t being renewed at my consultancy. Seems to be an offshore push as well

[@cheeseball4292]

The thing with tech is that it was always just a scam and a bubble. It finally burst and I'm not surprised if IT goes the way of the dinosaurs in the next few years. A 'career' in IT is just the best scam we've ever had in human history.😂😂

[@TheHashCrackingSlasher]

I think my goal currently is to try and just become a more skilled developer whilst in college (Game Design & Development); so that if I do figure out that game design might not be the field for me, I won't be stuck trying to learn completely different things. That, and I also just love software development and tech as a whole, not solely for the lucrative job offers.

[@TechwithLuca]

That’s awesome! I think doing something you love and passionate will carry far! Game development is a great field

[@mahjoubadam1742]

Game development is hard, really hard to get into and it's very much like an exclusive club, especially at the big companies like E.A and Santa Monica. Also the pay is horrible

[@cheeseball4292]

Get out of tech while you can and choose a real career like doctor or engineer(a REAL engineer). A career in tech is just a scam!

[@jakeleone8944]

There are 2 problems with CompTIA, it doesn't take into account new grads, and it doesn't take into account the long term unemployed. This Tech Recession is unusual, there are a lot of people who are long-term unemployed from tech. After 6 months, you drop off the DOL radar, because your unemployment runs out. If you visit a state job board, you won't find many software engineer jobs, most of us know this, so states have no way to track your progress. More importantly, we will admit 85,000 engineers from other countries, most of them will be software engineers.

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for sharing. Super useful insights I took some notes

[@adrianjames7143]

I’ve just started 14 credit hours for info security analyst, different than developer but I did find this informative. I’m pretty concerned because I won’t graduate with a bachelor for 3-4 years, I agree tech will be a lot more irrelevant further down the line thanks to AI but there must be certain fields that will always need human touch to operate or oversee in tech right?

[@TechwithLuca]

yes. Not all tech roles will become irrelevant. A lot of new roles will be created because of AI first before it create a lot of damage. I do see a lot of copilot like feature being created internally at a lot of companies

[@ocallesp]

Improve your prompt engineering skills to be 2x more productive. Usually managers don't care how smart you are as long as you get the things done.

[@cheeseball4292]

I don't think so. Tech was just a fad and a bubble, that has finally popped. Software Engineers and ALL other IT specialists will go the way of the dinosaurs soon. "Recovery" is just a joke. IT was never a real career/job and thinking of it as such was just a joke. Better switch to another real career path like a doctor or real engineer.

[@BrayanRuiz-m3w]

great video man. what do you think about cybersecurity ?

[@TechwithLuca]

Cyber security will be really important in the future as AI can expose a lot of vulnerabilities

[@commando2054]

Hey Luca! I just graduated high school. I will be starting college after the holidays in the Spring. Should I change my major or should I continue as a CompSci major?

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for watching. I would stay! If you later realized you aren’t that interested in CS you can always switch.

[@commando2054]

@@TechwithLuca thank you.

[@zach.intech]

College is a waste of time. We live in a different time right now. Expedite your learning as much as you can.

[@itzevo8850]

I am currently on route to get my Bachelors in software engineer but this job market does scare me a bit. I’m not really looking to aim for a big tech company. I don’t mind going for a small company as long as I make at least 70k a year. Is the job market bad with small companies?

[@TechwithLuca]

I think small companies are facing different type of issue. For example the bar at certain startup may be higher work load might be higher and all of these may not be so attractive to people. I know certain mid to small sized companies are struggling to replace certain tech roles. I do think given bigger tech aren’t hiring as aggressively right now. Smaller companies are getting more visibilities. Hope this helps

[@cheeseball4292]

LEAVE tech while you have the chance mate. Go for a real career with job security. A "career" in tech is just a scam, and the biggest joke in human history!😂😂

[@dogu0101]

Hi Luca. What do you think about the future of android development ? I'm a newbie on it and wondered what is your opinion.

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for watching. Android is the most popular OS globally and it won’t be going away anytime soon. From my experience a lot mobile teams are always looking for android dev. Since most mobile dev in the US want to be iOS dev making android more scarce.

[@dogu0101]

@@TechwithLuca Thanks for answering.

[@mariamdiallo7339]

Very informative. Thanks, i really appreciate it ❤❤❤

[@rileycorzine2985]

Great video, thanks for providing your most recent insights! Currently a 3rd year undergrad: I get the impression that saturation is dependent on the specific subfield? ML research + implementation is growing fast. Lots of people are going that direction though, so may be competitive. - I am more interested in implementation, but wonder if research will pay better and be least saturated? Data infrastructure seems promising. May have less competition... - I am most interested in this field, but concerned it will be automated. Frontend seems most saturated... There are definitely more subfields, just don't know as much about them.

[@mahjoubadam1742]

I would actually say back-end is the most saturated subfield. Also there's no set field where the competition is so much higher or so much lower, what matter the most is experience. And I can't confidently tell you that seniors or highly experienced engineers are not saturated at all

[@cheeseball4292]

Get out of this phony career path while you can mate! Tech is NOT a real job. A "career" in software is just a scam, like calling an MLM a "business".😂😂

[@JpDubbed]

5:21 you truly think so? damn..that's disheartening. I'm learning python. Was hoping to break into the tech industry and get idk, something, better than what I currently do. So, what, learn machine learning and AI?

[@TechwithLuca]

Learning Ml and AI is a huge commitment and for many may not be worth it. Learning Python is a great first step and def keep grinding and applying. The market isn’t the best right now and no way to sugar coat this. When things do begin pick up hopefully you will be ready

[@kajita2048]

99% of the developers on this planet are not going to join the big tech companies, nor are they inside your country. You are talking to the world atm, not to a exclusive US audience

[@TechwithLuca]

This is true thank you for sharing. The US market only account for 35% of the global market and I mostly research the US market this time around. Many US tech companies have locations globally and I do think they have a strong influence on their local market.

[@MikeC-dj4iu]

I'm not sure what this video is suggesting? Pursue a career in something else you don't like?

[@doublejoshs2]

Hey Luca, Hope your doing well. I recently graduated from my cs degree and I’am going to be pursuing my postgraduate studies in Master of Information Technology with a focus in Data Engineering since I was not able to find a job. I just wanted to ask do you think its a smart idea to pursue my postgraduate studies in IT? I am just really confused at this point because there has been alot of layoffs in the tech industry and iam just worried that majority of jobs will just be automated at this point.

[@TechwithLuca]

Yes for sure a lot of layoffs and the job market is very tough. I personally think a master doesn’t hurt but it also doesn’t offer too much in comparison to phd. It could be a good option to get more exposure and find out what you enjoying working in. I would say the pro would be a lot of people in the program and the professors may have opportunities and def take advantage of that

[@doublejoshs2]

@@TechwithLuca Really love your content and thank you for leaving a thoughtful response :) I’ll consider what you said for my postgraduate coursework. Hope you have a good day.

[@Rami0x0]

Hey Luca, Is it possible to get a remote jun web dev job in a 1st world country such as USA or Europe while being from a third world country(South Africa) assuming that i have what it takes to get the job done, and have big real projects, and not just a funny weather app or any of those other funny old projects? I would appreciate ur honest thoughts as always 😁

[@TechwithLuca]

You know a lot of other content making it seem so easy to find a remote job in US while working in Thailand but what we need to know is that most of them are US citizens. During my application for a bunch of remote jobs. They have something now called Remote US so they only want to hire remote within the states making it harder to work abroad. I know contracting jobs are a possibility but I will need to do more research. This could be a video topic!

[@andrewdddo]

Super informative video dude! How would you recommend software engineers level up their development abilities? ::)

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for watching Andrew I have another video let me know if that helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5e3ZminhJyLgLc

[@lizmuraya856]

Starting over with learning web development,do you think it's recommendable with this AI thing ...

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for watching! I think learning with AI can be useful. I don’t think AI is there yet to replace web developers

[@amirusewmin6318]

not recommended soon up to mid level software engineers will be laid off by companies.

[@dogu0101]

​@@amirusewmin6318😂😂

[@ZeryusXD]

AI based tools like chatgpt will be a great way to supplement your web development learning and make development process easier but what's more important than ever is improving your soft skills

[@Hassan-mh4wd]

Hey Luca, what do you think about the future of data engineering?

[@TechwithLuca]

Data engineering is an interesting one. Since is also a wide range of different role. I think it comes down to the closer you are to code and tech the safer you are. The more relevant the project you are on the safer you are. Are you making money for the companies or what you are doing is nice to have. A lot of companies opens more data roles during good markets because they want to snowball and make more money. I know different companies also label data engineers very differently so def be aware of that

[@cheeseball4292]

Lol, it's a scam just like ALL IT related jobs are.😅😅

[@veshaw.]

Why you should work at McDonald's and not only fans? That's the title of my next video

[@TechwithLuca]

Thank you for the suggestion

[@najafamana5211]

Is age metter to start Software Engineer job?

[@TechwithLuca]

No it doesn’t. what matter is your skill and how you approach the work