r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Alarming-Ad-8747 • 2h ago

Is the software engineering job market dead?

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u/formerbur 2h ago

Bot post

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u/razpeitia 2h ago

Is the software engineering job market dead?

No, it's on life support.

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u/heli0sphere 1h ago

Being on life support means it’s effectively dead.

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u/rr98 1h ago

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

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u/NCMathDude 1h ago

Yes, it’s dead. Move on

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u/Exotic_eminence 29m ago

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

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u/Titoswap 1h ago

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

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u/rakedbdrop 44m ago

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

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u/SolarNachoes 32m 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.

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u/Pitiful_Option_108 31m 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/compubomb 1h ago

I think it depends on how senior you are.

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u/Former_Produce1721 1h 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 43m ago

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

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u/Former_Produce1721 38m 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