[Ethee]

Despite the AI doomerism you might find online and on college campuses I'm firmly in the Jevons paradox camp. I believe these AI tools lowering the bar to entry for software development will only lead to more software being produced than ever before. Which would further mean that education and understanding of computer science and programming (these are 2 different things) are more important than ever.

Further however, I would argue there's 2 deeper questions at the root of what you're asking, both of which you have to find the answer to yourself nobody can really help you with these. The first question is "Can I make a living if I pursue this path?". This is the question on the top of everyone in this fields mind right now. A lot of people 10-20 years ago, when they were in the exact position you are now, likely saw that 'Computer Science' was among one of the top paying college majors and they picked it entirely for that reason. I've met a good majority people in the industry that could care less about the computers themselves or how to improve at their job. They just enjoy having a cushy 9-5 that pays well. (And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that) But now the market is shifting and a lot of the people who never really cared are left to the wayside for the people who really love this.

That leads us to our second question: "Is this something you would enjoy doing regardless of whether or not you'd make a living off it?" There are a lot of cool jobs in the 'tech industry' and as long as you really enjoy computers there will always be a new thing to build/learn/tinker with and someone WILL pay you for that niche thing. At the end of the day it comes down to whether or not you want to delve deep into something and learn something new everyday, as that's what a lot of this industry is. If none of that sounds appealing to you then this probably isn't it.

I don't remember who said it but a piece of advice I read once: "Life is a combination of different games. Find the game you're good at, THEN figure out who will pay you the most to play it." If this is your game then come play it.