Reddit Experience · 2026 Q2

Will things get better?

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I am a software engineer major. I started this degree in 2023. I wasn’t as concerned back then because people still seemed hopeful about the job market and said it was a viable career path. I am not t

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I am a software engineer major. I started this degree in 2023. I wasn’t as concerned back then because people still seemed hopeful about the job market and said it was a viable career path. I am not the best at coding currently, but I could picture myself doing this as a job and don’t mind the idea of it. I find my major very interesting(albeit difficult), and I think it is really what I want to do. On some projects I will spend hours at a time building my program and I find it extremely gratifying to run the code and see that it compiles and works after putting so much effort into it. I’d like to think that means I am in the right major for me. As time goes on and I hear more about the job market, I’m starting to get very concerned about my choice in major. Should I just ignore what I hear online? I really don’t want to give up on it and switch to something else, I don’t even know what I’d be suited for. I’m not set to graduate until 2028-2029 depending on when I am able to start my capstone. I do things at a slower pace than most, I know that’s a long time to be doing an undergraduate degree. I will be a little more than 3/4’s through my degree after fall 2026. I have a 3.5 GPA. Can anyone make me feel better about this?
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