u/Infinite-Platform-78 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Impressive where Codesmith is going here, looking forward to hearing more
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Yeah extending my views to Codesmith specifically, if they can get people placed in tech, but not SWE jobs, I think they can keep going and rebrand as a "get your first job in tech" as opposed to be "become a software engineering leader"
We're going to need a TON of customer service rep - engineer hybrids to help navigate this evolving world, such as debugging self driving cars for customers in real time, and some of Codesmith's recent placements have been in this area. Great, high paying, tech jobs that are not "software engineering" roles.
They might have a giant market of people who do like customer support, operational logistics, product management, and other jobs where have a "engineer mindset' might help people navigate a world of AI and rapidly changing tools.
And more experienced software engineers can build those actual tools.
If they have enough humility to accept reality I could see this or something along these lines playing out.
If they double down on the "modern software engineer" I don't think they'll survive this market as they currently are (i.e. without massive fundamental changes)