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> Everyone and their dog is studying to become a software engineer... The thing is... this was true in the 90s, was true in the 00s and was true in the 10s. Ye

• distrill 5y ago
  In my class (2016), there were still lots of people who felt silly about the web, which is where most of the work actually is. I would guess about half of my graduating computer science classmates went on to not work in the industry, because they had their hearts set on jobs that just weren't really available to them (they wanted to work at Blizzard and wouldn't consider anything web or web-adjacent). Perhaps they've reconsidered at this point, but if this pattern held anywhere else then this trend makes perfect sense to me.
  • jalgos_eminator 5y ago
    I would tend to agree. When I was in college about 6 years ago, web/backend work was not seen as "real CS work". Everyone wanted to do something more than work on a CRUD app, but here we are.
  • ehnto 5y ago
    The web does have a stigma, but given how much money pours through the eCommerce industry it's a surprising outcome. I guess it's not that sexy, but it is where the money is. For a while everyone wanted to be an app developer, but that's a real crapshoot too. eCommerce is honest, stable work with relatively low risk for the developer. The domain is well defined, the technology is mature, the companies are already stable and doing business.