Yeah, I'm a software engineer myself. But I'm not counting on it long term. I'm only using the job to get me my investments.
There's a lot of code out there that compiles to other code / generates code outside of generics as well. If it gets extreme only the best and brightest will be around to maintain it.
So who really knows. However, tech sales folks are living right now. My brother got into this recently and dude is banking. One of his friends who got into it made $45k in May, $30k in April and $35k in March
this year on top of his base pay which I think is $70k per year.
What I'm doing is saving all the money I'm earning and keeping my expenses low. No car payment, no/minimal luxury monthly expenses,I learned how to cook, fix my car and do maintenance work on my place myself, I live nearby work so gas prices don't worry me, etc. Everything I have is paid for so no interest rates where I'm giving away free money. Then I could live a life on real estate investments and not work another single day. If I keep the pace I'm on, I'll get there in about 3-5 years from now.
Brehs need to be smart with their money, I know some cats who got a raise and they bought new Audi's and other luxury cars. Just because you can afford it doesn't mean you should spend it.
Remember, the more money you spend, the more you need your job. A lot of young folks are starting to get hip to this.