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A comment on Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choice for new students?.

Re:Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choic... by jsxyzb on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @10:37PM (#48470666)
According to the development trend of AI, the demand for software engineering may decrease, but it will not disappear. In any case, top engineers are always in demand. The demand for software engineers in ordinary positions will not be as great as it is now
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Re:Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choic... by iliashad on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @05:47AM (#48473874)
Yes, I agree, but for a new grad student. May it be hard for him to find a job in this market to learn and become a top engineer?
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Re:Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choic... by mikert89 on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @11:28AM (#48477818)
demand for software will increase, but it will become a lower skill job
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Re:Ask HN: Is software engineering still a good career choic... by sg1234 on Sunday June 14, 2026 @09:07AM (#48526863)
The industry is changing. Coding is becoming a commodity, which means other skills will have to be developed and mastered to meet the future demands. We will still need people to build a platform to run AI. To maintain software to do Inference, to maintain a pipeline to train AI...

The abstraction layer is being pushed higher

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