I Ranked Every Tech Career Path (Who Wins in 2026?)
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In this video, I break down the Great Tech Career Debate â comparing Software Engineering against 9 other elite tech paths. Weâre talking real pay, real stability, real pressure, and the hidden downsides nobody on LinkedIn has the guts to mention.
Whether you're a CS major, a career switcher, or someone debating between SWE, quant, AI, PM, DevOps, or something niche⌠this video will save you years of guessing. Iâve done six internships at places like Amazon and Shopify â and Iâm giving you the honest roadmap I wish someone gave me at 18. If you want to build a career that actually fits your personality, your risk tolerance, and your long-term goals, watch this before you pick your path.
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SWE is a dead job in the future but this dude chose it as # 1 lol can't make this shit up
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How long before they figure out a way to automate infrastructure and devops using AI?
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 Career #1 â Software Engineering (Reality, trade-offs, 2030 outlook)
as a 2nd year undergrad your videos are gold. i've never heard you talk about quantum computing though, is there a chance you might talk about it in future videos?
02:13 Career #2 â Quant Trading & Quant Research (pay, pressure, case study)
04:21 Career #3 â Data Science / ML (academic path, PhD reality)
Sir what about cybersecurity with ai
05:48 Career #4 â AI/AGI-Adjacent Careers (AI wonât replace you, the person using AI will)
07:25 Career #5 â Product Management (soft skills, political trade-offs)
Blue Collar jobs are the future.
08:35 Career #6 â DevOps & Cloud Engineering (systems mastery, long-term stability)
09:37 Software Engineering Accelerator
What about the roles which require all skills of all Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, GenAI, SWE and Devops, MLOPS and LLMOPS. One man Army!!
10:06 Career #7 â Technical Writing & Developer Advocacy (soft skills leverage)
11:03 Career #8 â Hardware & Embedded Systems (deep engineering, job security)
What about infrastructure support roles like windows Linux, ITIL incident change problem management governance roles the
12:09 Career #9 â Sales Engineering (value creation + value capture)
13:32 Career #10 â Computational Fields (finance/consulting niches)
This is like, very wrong. The reality from what I've seen specially in the freelance world is happening. Today is not about the P.H.D anymore, is only important for those research positions. If we take Software Engineers for example, I still see many job offers for entry level positions, it all depends on where are you looking and know how to properly use your LinkedIn.
I see friends getting well paid DataScience jobs, is that they just prepared well in months and did the work that the companies are actually looking for.
14:07 Conclusion
What about Cybersecurity field ??????
More User Perspectives
Wonder if people who have bio or chem major can join this field, and how
@Carolinekim12Interesting ranking but surprised Data Engineering (distinct from DevOps) wasnât included.
In most enterprise AI systems, DE is the foundation layer that enables ML, analytics, and product intelligence.
Curious how you see AI scaling without robust data infra?
The people who are building and Maintaining AI are only working their way out of a job.
@adamkeel7728Which role is best for bs ai?
@AhmadAfzal-n7ei have hopes for this video you look like you knowledgable.
@tenmillionbyforty324I gotta job as a SWE out of college with only 2 internships and neither internships were as SWE intern or whatever would be the equivalent. I was a studio engineer intern and a IT security-related intern. Also I'm gen Z.
@waderutherford9083Very well explained and keeping todayâs situation in SWE real and simple
@vivekkhatri182what about Data Engineer and Cybersecurity ?
@bean99999Finishing phD is not called out of college lol
@ahaaha8462This guy so handsome that if you pause the video, it looks like an AI image lol.
@JGCommentsWhat about data analytics and engineering ?
@General_MejiSo what's the ranking?
@opa-ageI liked it better when quant was gatekept and only cracked phds were even reached out by headhunters. Now every dumb undergrad goes to portal and applies to JS.
@aryamanmishra154I all this you never mentioned cyber security
@joyiroh6098I'm going through the PM path while not having a degree in tech and if you think about it, it makes sense. Just like you said, PM leans more towards business and soft skills. I still learned a lot of technical concepts and enjoy them such as APIs, AI agents and Automations but I just love working in tech while not being a dev.
@XLegendaryDrummerXI would like to know about Cyber security too
@trendmadegamer8725Block chain is like .....have you forgotten me..
@SMAlpha12what about data engineer
@VenomCR711What about cyber haha
@KingTine724B's software engineering and Ms in Artificial intelligence đ Due to my opinion this combo is best than every IT carrier. Are you guys agree?
@mhktrader-3what about cybersecurity?
@learncom-lp5vgdevops/cloud is the path i chose
@ryangray600Hellen was a quant dev, not a quant researcher/trader... It's not nearly as interesting.
@pooblock4092Where does software architecture fall/ which category does software architecture fall into?
@EternalAngel_Bro didnt rank network engineering
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@Aae-u7sWhere cybersecurity?
@Freizberg33How is this ranking bro, there's no order or tier list đ¤Ś
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