Yea... Software Engineering might be over. Waterloo's 2025 admissions prove it.
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Yea... Software Engineering might be over. Waterloo's 2025 admissions prove it.
In grade 12, I told my Vice Principal I wanted Software Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She showed me an article — I won’t explain it, just read the title: 📄 "He had 99.5% but still couldn’t get in."
This was her way of saying: “Reach for the stars, but have a backup plan.”
While exact figures aren't publicly disclosed yet, reports indicate a 10% drop in applications to Software & Computer Engineering at Waterloo for 2025. This marks the first time we're seeing AI create real "fear" in the next generation.
📉 Half of all software jobs have vanished in the past decade — and that number’s only going up. Good news for great engineers. Bad news for everyone else. Why? Ever heard of “a dime a dozen”? For every 1 solid developer, there are 99 bad ones. AI’s just cleaning house.
🎓 Anyways, if you’re a high schooler reading this, contrary to the title of this article, here are 3 reasons why Software Engineering is still the best program to get into in 2025:
(And for the record — I had the chance to pick any specialty from a general eng program this year... I’m still choosing software.)
1️⃣ Who says you have to be a software engineer?
Tech sales, project management, AI consulting, Data Analytics— all booming fields rooted in software. None of them require you to be a hardcore developer, yet, a software background will give you major leverage.
2️⃣ In the next 5 years, everything will be codified.
Industries you thought AI could never touch are already shifting. Sure, some software jobs are disappearing — but the people building those “job-taking” algorithms? OpenAI pays its top AI/ML engineers close to $1M. Beyond the pay, companies will need AI Engineers more than ever.
3️⃣ It’s still one of the most powerful undergrad degrees.
The quote that made me switch from business to engineering last minute: “Any engineer can do business. But no businessperson can do engineering.” If you’re spending 4 years on an undergrad degree, why not pick the one that opens the most doors?
Good luck to all of you — and if any high schoolers have questions, feel free to DM me anytime.
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