Raw LLM Responses

You hit the nail on the head with swe - full disclosure, am mid level swe myself, but yeah, its something you have to be passionate about. The market is SO good at the mid to senior level, but so oversaturated at the junior level, where ability ranges from some excellent people to people who really need to put in another year or so of practice (not a dig at them, everyone learns at different rates and they just arent job ready yet) What lots of people don't realise is that there are loads of tech-adjacent roles that may fit their skill set better. If you arent passionate about programming *for its own sake* you are likely going to end up miserable in swe, as you are kinda expected to keep up with trends and continue your own self development. Other areas to look at are QA (if you have some coding experience, then even better, as automated testing is super valuable), and product roles. An excellent product team is definitely appreciated by us developers, and if you have skills in talking to stakeholders, customers and the wider business, its definitely something to consider.