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I left corporate software engineering after 10 years. I wouldn't recommend it unless you can stomach the worst side of humanity.
I still love development, but I would only return if I can get a guarantee that I don't have to develop or work with AI, and only if I'm offered more than I was making before
What did you switch to?
I already had a second career in circus so I'm just shifting priorities
Data analysis is only going to be more and more in demand.
My advice, as always, is to take a look at current offers and to try to find both a line of work and a company that would interest you (and has the right benefits for you). Then build towards the requirements, not the other way around.
Every single piece of our economy runs on software so there are plenty of options beyond being an AI wrangler at Evil-Corp.
I'd give it a couple months before really committing to a new career
Everything is very uncertain right now, but the AI bubble is looking very poppable right now. After that happens, I think we'll have a lot more clarity about what the future will look like
It's going to be a long 8 weeks, but hopefully on the other side of that things will start making sense again
I still have an academic job for some months now (one that cannot be extended), so I will definitely wait and see. But I think it's time to start planning and preparing.
With a PhD in stats you should be able to make more than most software developers. Companies need scientists to sign off on certain claims for liability reasons and it's easier for them to just have one in house. That's a licensed position that AI will not be able to take away.
The tech industry seeks to introduce complexity to everyday things and disrupt systems to increase prosperity for people at the top. Technology solving problems for wellbeing is far from the ideal use case for companies, non-profits, and universities - and efforts to earnestly do this don't typically see the light of day.
Join a union or start one if you cannot find one. Figure out if you want to work in a field harming people globally or be a force for change.
If you're talking about solving problems to enable inequitable wealth for the rich then you probably can move forward, with perseverence. They pay top dollar for skills they tried to eliminate from education.
At the very least, it's a very different job than what you remember. It's more of a manager role now, without the paycheck.
Note this is far from a universal experience in this industry. Even if vibe coding worked as well in my problem domain as others, my manager would still be unable to deliver a vaguely decent solution.
Recently I was asked to review a vibe coded application from a random guy who convinced management he was onto something. But neither he nor anyone he knew could even identify the correct person to review the solution he vibed up. So they went to me and I recognized that I had nothing to do with the problem and forwarded them to the folks that would.
Ultimately, it was a rather visually impressive demo that didn't do anything vaguely right under the presentation. This is the sort of disconnect between management and what they manage, they have a whole culture of not even understanding the depth of their problem domains.
I mean, yeah, I agree with that. Requirements engineering continues to be a big part of the job and an actual team lead does not have the mental capacity for that.
I meant "manager" more as in:
I guess, everyone's a lead dev, without the paycheck, is probably more precise.
seems unwise if you arnt in Programming, CS is right now. CS grads at the bachelors level already have trouble finding jobs after graduation. are willing to go back to school and get another masters, when you spent so much years on a PHD in stats?
have you considered other non-tech fields?
Getting another masters seems quite unwise too. Especially the things I could study (e.g. other types of engineering?) are not AI proof either.
As they say, just put the fries in the bag, bro.
Jk. You’ll be fine.
