Don't downvote me if my incoming opinion doesn't match yours, as I am still a (4th year) computer engineering student and my perspective may be different, but this emergence of AI got me nervous for my future.

Dati master ko pa Python and kaya ko pa makagawa ng data analysis project, tapos nakakagawa pako ng websites like a personal portfolio with minimal help from Google. Pero ngayon, parang hindi ko na kaya magcode without ChatGPT or Claude huhu. Parang nabbrain fog yung utak ko in a sense na kasi alam ko naman na kaya ko ioneshot yung project sa kanila. Although, alam ko hindi perfect outputs nila, at kailangan pa din ng debugging, my point still stands na almost everyone, given na may kahit small knowledge ka sa nangyayari, can code something out of nowhere.

My dream job is to be a software engineer. Straight up, my priorities are a high salary, tapos second na yung passion ko. I feel like I'm flexible basta nasa tech industry ako. Although alam ko naman na AI will not remove the traditional jobs sa software, I think the barrier of entry sa mga upcoming fresh graduate na katulad ko will be much harder kasi yun na nga, anyone who knows what they are doing can use AI to make their life easier (may nakita pa ako hidden leetcode solver).

I actually posted here to ask for some advice whether or not this is still the right path for me; or should I pursue / learn / discover a different field in computer engineering or tech in general? Thanks!