Software Engineer’s Warning For Young Students: ‘Companies Treat Us Like Majdoors’

It was not so long ago that many Indian families used to pressure their kids into choosing the field of engineering, with the belief that the profession led to better job opportunities. Cut to 2026– and the reality had seemingly changed rather drastically- or so can be said based on a Reddit post of a software engineer! Taking to social media, the software engineer shared a ‘warning’ for young students pursuing or thinking of pursuing the same field: “Do not become a software engineer.”“Do not become a software engineer, please!” the post read. Explaining his warning, the man cited an example of his friend, who is about to get laid off. He further stated that most companies treat “software engineers like Dihadi Majdoors”.“My very close friend is about to get laid off , he worked

day and night, and now this saying company needs to be changed! Companies are treating Software Engineering like ‘dihadi majdoors’. And now there is almost no engineering in software engineering , we are mostly orchestrators prompting clankers!” the post continued.Talking about the “less demand for engineers in the market”, he claimed that one needs to be “lucky” to get a good “tier 1-2-3” job.“There is really less demand for engineers in the market, don't go into this tier 1-2-3 thing , demand is very low, you will have to be very lucky to get into any company in this rat race.With these many candidates, think logically , does your DSA or skill matter or luck?” the post further read.The Redditor then revealed that he graduated in 2023 and earns over “35 lakh” as a techie; however, he often spends his time worrying about getting laid off.“I am saying this as someone who graduated in 2023. working in tech, earning 35+ L at big tech. And every week I think I could be laid off anytime I slow down. Market is dogs**t. My dear juniors, dont f**k with your career and become Software engg, we will have to look for some other stream for career like doctor, law etc,” the post concluded.The post immediately went viral, pulling many reactions. Most agreed with the man, while some blamed it on "unemployment and overpopulation” in India.Times Now could not confirm the authenticity of the post.Check out the viral post:The post was shared on Reddit by the handle ‘MujeSabPataaHai’. It was shared 3 days ago and has pulled many reactions from people.

Internet’s reactions:ALSO READ: Company Offering WFH Role, Asks Employees To Provide ‘Work Screenshot Every 10 Minutes’ “Imagine being in first year CS and reading this,” a user said. “What to do now, my entire life I've known nothing about any career other than tech. Is it over for me,” added another person. “Do you really think a lot of people in India wanna be software engineers? Everyone is forced or groomed into taking it,” wrote the next.