Funny, I’m opposed to the tariffs, and nationalism in general since globalism is simply more humane, but losing shareholder value is just fine in my book. Intel is grossly overvalued, and their participation in weapon component manufacturing reduces any sympathy to zero.
I do, however, have sympathy for the people who have their retirement in stocks which will inevitably include Intel, and for the employees, especially the underpaid.
Nobody knows the future, but we can definitely speculate. Programming is still a good career if you’re talented, but it may no longer be the golden standard of well paying jobs that it has been for the last few decades.
More important than anything, if you want to program, then do it. Don’t wait for university to tell you how, get your hands dirty and start making something cool, a game, a web app, whatever.
Getting a job is hard for junior devs right this second for largely macroeconomic reasons, that may change in the future or it may not. You can sidestep that issue entirely with a solid portfolio.
Learn to use the latest ai tools, but don’t rely on them to do the work and learning for you, “vibe coding” may or may not be a future career but if it is the salary will likely be significantly lower than software engineering.
A degree does not make a programmer, but programming does.
If you can only play mario on the switch, even if it costs a lot of money, people will generally buy the switch and the game.
Implying that people really like mario and that people are generally expected to do whatever it takes to play it.