I’ve been a SWE for more than 8 years now. It was so easy getting jobs 2-3 years ago. Now it’s like a never-ending battle if you’re trying to land a job in this market right now. Especially with AI on the rise, many companies and businesses are skeptical to hire software engineer who are not unicorns (many years in FAANG companies).
I’ve worked in corporate, startup environments, and i’ve failed now twice trying to make my own business.
In theory, if I was a unicorn in my craft (SWE) I should be able to create an application that gets alot of traffic and revenue. My point is, maybe it’s not the app/idea/software itself. It’s just who you know and how you can sell.
So SWE’s are pointless now pretty much? Go use wordpress with an experienced business guy and you already closer to being successful than a unicorn SWE.
Thoughts?
“In theory, if I was a unicorn in my craft (SWE) I should be able to create an application that gets alot of traffic and revenue.”
I think your flaw lies in this assumption. The more important skill isn’t in building magical products, but in finding the right people to sell them to and selling them. I.e. finding product market fit. That’s business, not technical ability. So being a unicorn in your domain won’t help at all with this in my opinion. You might as well be trying to sell a powerpoint deck with all the magical features outlined and it’s still not easy. You might as well do that because it’s way faster to edit a powerpoint based on people’s feedback than to commit new code.