Software Engineers are worth their weight in Gold right now - All of the Management Systems - WMS -TMS-etc are desperate for engineers.
Our son has a computer science degree and named his price when he graduated.
More folks are joining this trade but there is still strong demand.
Software "engineering" as a career is facing the consequences made twenty years ago where CEOs and CFOs thought IT could be treated like their other "human resources". The CEOs and CFOs didn't want to pay IT staff such high salaries (despite the amount of skill they needed to do their jobs) and undercut them every chance they could. These CEOs and CFOs don't care that every piece of software and supporting hardware gave their company significant abilities and advantages.
I know many former-IT individuals who'll never go back into the field because you can't work for ignorant management who doesn't grasp the intellectual demands involved. Scott Adams, the author of 'Dilbert' made a fortune poking fun at the corporate truths, many involving IT vs Human Resources.
These companies wanted to hire rocket scientists at office admin wages. Since the smart ones have abandoned the field, we've been living with increasing regression in software and hardware interfaces over the last 10-15 years. It's not coincidence that hackers and ransomware run roughshod over the outsourced IT security at so many companies - you get what you pay for from an industry that actively went out of their way to suppress wages.
These companies really believe you can hire an expert to build a powerful but complex system and then turn it over to the mouth-breathers to run it. Companies that are offering what appear to be high IT salaries aren't honest that they're expecting 24/7 coverage for outdated or poorly run systems from your under-skilled but low-cost predecessor.
No one is DESPERATE for engineers especially when they know that most technical work will go overseas in the future like it was in the pre-Trump years. The world is lining up to screw the US again. Haven’t you followed the K-7 get together?