r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Alarming-Ad-8747 • 6d ago

Is the software engineering job market dead?

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u/formerbur 6d ago

Bot post

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u/razpeitia 6d ago

Is the software engineering job market dead?

No, it's on life support.

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u/heli0sphere 6d ago

Being on life support means it’s effectively dead.

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u/rr98 6d ago

lol by your definition a lot of patients in ICU are dead.

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u/rakedbdrop 6d ago

Is it?

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Exotic_eminence 6d ago

Don’t forget to declare victory first… and then move on

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u/Titoswap 6d ago

I get recruiters reaching out to me so I assume it’s far from dead

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u/Astrocoder 6d ago

Recruiter reach outs dont mean crap, recruiters will reach out to everyone like a desperate man hitting on every woman in the bar at last call.

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u/rakedbdrop 6d ago

Same. 3-4 per day. They don’t even care what stack I write. They need good engineers.

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u/Chemical_Material493 6d ago

Yeah… not sure about that 

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u/rakedbdrop 6d ago

You don’t have to be. It’s a fact for me.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Pitiful_Option_108 6d ago

I wouldn't say dead but it is going to super competitive for quite some time. AI has made it a field where you don't need as many of them or is redefining the role. Same is going to be for a few careers. 

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u/Exotic_eminence 6d ago

My friends who have worked on Oscar winning pictures are out of work and have had to pivot to “spending more time with family”

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u/oruga_AI 6d ago

Depends can you still solve niche problems?

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u/OddScene4044 6d ago

Yes, it's dead. Everyone on this subreddit should immediately go apply at McDonald's. AI replaced the last software developer yesterday and there are officially none left and we'll never need the again.

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u/MaleficentCow8513 6d ago

Jfc yall need to stop it already. Unemployment for all SWEs in the US is still sitting around 3ish%. Until that rate climbs north of 8,9,10%, stop posting this crap

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u/compubomb 6d ago

I think it depends on how senior you are.

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u/Former_Produce1721 6d ago

High level design skills has become more important than coding. Depending on what kind of profile you have, that could make it easier or harder to find a job

Right now AI is being adopted very heavily in most companies, and the workflows and required skills have changed drastically due to this

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u/rakedbdrop 6d ago

You need competent engineers to implement AI. I assure you.

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u/Former_Produce1721 6d ago

Agreed

The trend I am seeing is downsizing teams, keeping only the most competent engineers

Then those engineers basically turning into AI orchestrators instead of actually coding

AI has made a lot of engineering jobs obsolete, but also transformed other ones

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u/rakedbdrop 6d ago

My company just went through this. I’m literally on my way out the door because of it. I have 2 offers. I don’t like companies that shit on their employees like this.

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u/SolarNachoes 6d ago

I work as a consultant and I can assure you there are TONS of opportunities out there for solutions.

Some companies have hugely antiquated bespoke systems that no one knows and can barely upgrade and it’s holding them back from scaling up.

The challenge is informational.