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I'm guessing you're a survivor of the dotcom bust, I think you shouldn't necessarily extrapolate from that scenario for the upcoming famine given the profitabil
by fullshark 4y ago
I'm guessing you're a survivor of the dotcom bust, I think you shouldn't necessarily extrapolate from that scenario for the upcoming famine given the profitability of software and that it's a fundamental component of every single aspect of the economy today, but I hear you. Certain skills become useless almost overnight, as a large scale service can provide what an in-house SWE provides at a cheaper cost, and jobs get eliminated.
- Spooky23 4y agoI didn’t go through that, but I started a few years later. The issue is growth. Individual prosperity is tied to growth - that’s why engineers are so well paid; they are productive employees priced based on future value. Once growth slows, value crashes. The big “if” is whether AI is as big of a deal. Personally, i think it’s a field with a lot of hype historically. But nursing is still a great career path, if for no reason other than not being stuck in particular geographical areas.