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How bad is the software engineering job today?
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this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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It's what makes being a developer a double edged sword. I'm always learning new skills, architectures, languages, and technologies all of the time, which is great. Management wanting me to know it last year to complete today's new work yesterday is not so great. You have to stay on your toes and learn (and understand) new tech or someone else will.
Agree, and I think it's funny someone downvoted you because that's always been the case, AI didn't change that. It's just now we're seeing the next evolution and we'll see who sticks around and who doesn't.
Evolve or die. Some people don't like to hear that I guess. It is what it is.