As a senior software engineer, I enjoyed the article and agree with the sentiment with regards to education (learning is good).
That being said I don’t think I’d recommend to a friend or family member that they go into this field. The job market for juniors is terrible and companies are much more inclined to believe AI can do it better for cheaper - even at the expense of never teaching the next generation of senior engineers.
Personally, I feel more burnt out than ever reading dozens of low quality PRs every day from juniors who clearly do not know what mistakes to look for. All comments by seniors on PRs are addressed by the AI as well so the traditional feedback <-> learning seems broken - particularly in remote work.
Noob question - I use Linux Mint and have for a year or so. People often have comments about switching distros like it’s super easy to do.
If I wanted to do that, how hard is it? I’ve not really had any problems with Mint… but mainly want to know in case I want to try a new distribution one day.