Engineering video
0:49 · 13 October 2026
In the speaker’s explanation, the viral perception of making 300k with perks is social media fiction, but software engineering remains a sound long-term investment akin to holding a stock through a market downturn.
Hear it at 0:00 →In the speaker’s explanation, stay active by building projects and remaining open to low-code positions or AI automation roles, rather than holding on to how the market used to work.
Hear it at 0:29 →We had this fancy day in the life of people making 300k and having three cappuccinos a day and doing yoga in the office. That was never real. Okay, that's made up. That's just social media. Okay. Now, can you make a living as a software engineer and a good one? Of course you can. In the long run, you will make all your investment back. But, it's like when you hold a stock, if you if it starts falling and you need the money and you sell, you're done. You're going to lose everything. So, you don't want to sell it. Okay, you just want to hold it. You're going to take a bit of losses and you're going to keep getting
better. But, you know, you definitely Having a minute structures, they help. Building projects help. But, you got to if you're out of the market, you got to get yourself back in the market. It doesn't have to be a coding job. You can get a low-code job. You can get a job where you use them automate something with AI. Don't get hold on into how the world used to be. Be open. And don't have the same expectations. The reward will come, but it just might take it might take a bit longer.
