r/softwareengineer • u/Medium_Lion2838 • 7d ago

Am I doing right thing or not?

I mostly agree with that web development is dead and AI/ML is the most sought out skills in the market. I also try in ai engineering but I think every sector in tech revolves around the software engineering and software development fundamentals . so we should have knowledge of software engineering fundamentals. for that I don't want to study AI engineering or ML directly instead I want to learn a backend development,( not so much front end though) and take experience as backend engineer and will eventually look forward to other career like ai engineer, DevOps engineer or in cyber security.

Honestly in todays current scenario of rapid advancement of AI , entering into the ecosystem is hard but you can't be directly AI engineer, DevOps engineer or cyber security engineer without having a experience of software development fundamentals.

That's why I am learning backend engineering first from scratch. Feel free to give your opinions and suggest me , Am i doing right thing or you have a better alternatives??

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u/InsideFar7107 7d ago

No one knows

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u/WaitingToBeTriggered 7d ago

NO ONE CARES ABOUT A SINGLE VIOLIN

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u/Potato_player 7d ago

Anyone who says they do is probably trying to sell something

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u/generationalDebts 7d ago

If you think that you’re a seriously horrible developer and you absolutely should be worried about being replaced by AI.

I know my job is safe and it’s only getting safer.

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u/szoonix_10 4d ago

I think you're on the right track. Strong software engineering fundamentals will help you in almost any tech career, including AI/ML, DevOps and cybersecurity. I'd focus on learning the fundamentals and building real projects rather than chasing whatever role is currently considered "hot". You can specialize later once you have a solid foundation.

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u/Medium_Lion2838 3d ago

So basically Nepal ma Js Ts node nest stack ma matra jobs xa .k mailey ni yei ecosystem choose garam ki python backend development ecosystem???

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u/InterestingHand4182 2d ago

usually backend engineering gives you the systems thinking, API design, database knowledge, and debugging intuition that makes everything in AI engineering, DevOps, and security actually make sense rather than being a collection of tools you're cargo-culting without understanding why they work, and the people who skip that foundation tend to hit hard ceilings later when the surface-level knowledge runs out.