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Is Software Engineering Still Worth It in 2025?

Mangabo Kolawole on December 22, 2024

Hi, I hope that you are doing well. This will probably be my last article for 2024, and I hope you had a great year. I had an interesting year, I...
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stainlessray

Without malice I have to say, I am so tired of this title for articles. I clicked through to say it. And scanning the article and the comments, I see the opinions run the gamut.

1 - to those who hold out hope that their humanity will keep them from being overrun by an AI agent, please stop and ask what evidence is there that we can put faith in that paradigm? I remember describing a robot arm to a fellow employee doing our jobs in the future. He said "that's impossible" and it happened promptly.

2 - thinking of yourself as without value if you don't have *this version of *this job is self limiting.

3 - people interested in learning SE skills aren't motivated by all the "change the world!" talk. They're just trying to understand LISKOV. Or 12 factor. Or time complexity. They should remain focused on that.

4 - if we want to be in the future loop there are many roads. Not the least of which is competency. If we have solid foundations for the history of computer science and languages and platforms, we'll understand what AI is doing.

5 - We will be able to create with AI in our toolbelts now.

6 - you must add AI competencies to the core competencies and excel or work toward excelling in implementation, testing and analysis.

If your job is taken by AI, create a new job. Use AI.

Software engineering is less about creating the next big thing (maybe you will) and more about contributing in the team meeting and providing solutions. AI isn't taking that away. It's changing the tool kit.

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Mangabo Kolawole

Thanks for sharing this

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stainlessray

Thank you for writing. I'm grateful for your perspective.

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Taqmuraz

When everyone is a software engineer, no one will be

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Mark

Always good to review your perspective. Cheers!

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Mangabo Kolawole

thank you Mark

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Kiki McArron • Edited

Great article, very motivating, but how to become a software engineer in 2025 if you don't have commercial experience yet?

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motimash

Great article thank you.

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Mangabo Kolawole

Glad you liked it!

Happy new year 🥳

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3BiEiD

so lessons learnt:

  1. AI can eat newbie/weak developers but hopefully not real good software engineers.
  2. Tackle advanced and big projects and scopes
  3. Leverage AI and try to make use of it instead of fearing it and why not stepping into learning how it's built
  4. it's hard but keep moving forward and keep an eye on how to adapt any nowadays change in the tech industry
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Ettourach

That s a great article to becoming a profesionel SE

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Mangabo Kolawole

Glad you liked it! Just sharing my experiences

Happy new year 🥳

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Pratik Kapadnis

Thank you for motivation i get from reading this article. The perspective DAMM. need to review my perspective.

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Maria Ch.

Thanks for your article. I am new, I am still learning but I am asking myself: if AI will "eat" newbie, how we will learn? The new generations are lose? Is this a countdown?

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emmanuel gidudu

I see it now 🤔. If you have no robust projects to showcase, like typically some new and creative, then leaving the field of SE maybe remain your only option.
Thank for sharing this experience