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I think at the point SWE and DS are solved problems, most other white collar jobs are too, then you'll have huge numbers of applicants for the remaining white collar jobs and blue collar jobs which will drive down the marginal value of those skills. Realistically if you like SWE and are seemingly pretty good at it, keep applying and get a job until the music stops
Agreed. You have a bit different perspective on it than I do but I was coming to say the same thing. It's funny when the first comment you read was what you were going to say.
Do you mean this is an unknown point in the future?
I mean I don't think they are solved now. In my job AI still needs me for certain aspects, you could probably replace me with someone less skilled potentially but company's usually pay a premium for reliability etc. Maybe in five years time this isn't the case I don't know, but company's (at least in Europe) will be slow to adapt and I think its quite likely employee protections will be pretty heavily enforced to try and stop all the white collar job money being sent to American tech companies but that's just my two cents
Think the point is you can put aside the debate about when and if and just take it that all the likely alternative careers are in the same boat, whatever shape the boat is in. Especially if you've already done your education.
You might have more need to think on it if you are, say in high school or very early college. Then you might think on dramatically different paths based on risk or generally perceived risk.