u/pcms1994 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I don’t disagree with you at all; if I can go back in time, I would have majored in CS. And I advise a few high school seniors I taught last year to major in CS if they want to become SWE. I’m just saying it’s not a viable option for many people like me who are trying to transiti
u/michaelnovati replied ·
SWE is an interesting field because you can get in the industry with your brain and problem solving abilities, and it's a high paying and impactful job. There's no bootcamp to be a doctor or lawyer.
I think bootcamps will survive this downturn but by evolving. A 12 month part time bootcamp that costs $20K versus a 12 WEEK bootcamp costing $20K might make more sense. OR perhaps people need more AI driven self-paced learning + projects.
Maybe SWE will start forking into more tiers of jobs and the goal will be to do a bootcamp -> super entry level transitional role (e.g. prompt engineering) -> SWE job.
Maybe being a SWE will be like being an MD Doctor, and all the physician assistant, registered nurse, nurse, etc... jobs with portions of the 'powers' of an MD will be the jobs you get out of a bootcamp, and the SWE job is the job you get after a couple of years if you are interested in high level architecture work and have an ability to solve the hardest problems.
Who knows!
Programing started off as a low paying job that analysts did to become more efficient versus using a calculator all day and I'm sure it will continue to evolve :D