I agree with this advice, but though I would not overly focus on what skills make a good career, but a little bit of thought was good for me. I chose robotics o

I agree with this advice, but though I would not overly focus on what skills make a good career, but a little bit of thought was good for me. I chose robotics over a PhD in physics and I'm really glad I did. Physics has a lot of really interesting hard problems but is not actually that good of a career path IMO. However as OP has already decided to be a software engineer, within that space I do completely agree with you.