Judging from the current situation and the foreseeable future, it is indeed easier for software engineers to find jobs than hardware engineers. The following is an opinion:

First point, one A start-up company does not need a few software engineers to write code, but it does not necessarily need to make its own hardware. So overall, there are many software job opportunities. However, generally the platforms of hardware companies are relatively high-end, relatively stable and conducive to development.

The second point is thanks to the entrepreneurial wave. Internet entrepreneurship is a trend both in the United States and in China, but it can be said that a large number of start-up Internet companies are doing software. If you have an idea and some skills, you can start it by finding a few partners and holding computers. However, it is more difficult for start-up companies to focus on hardware, because the threshold and start-up cost of establishing a design hardware company are relatively high. Therefore, this has resulted in most start-up companies focusing on the Internet, and companies that can do hardware design are basically large companies with a monopoly.

The third point, this is a very important reason is that hardware design is now a relatively mature technology (compared to artificial intelligence). Some students even say that most hardware things have entered the category of sunset industries, because many things have become norms and because many things have been replaced by automation. Not long ago, major global hardware companies laid off many people, and Intel laid off nearly 20% of its hardware engineers. However, the Internet boom has not passed since the 1990s, and many future industries such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, image recognition, and big data have just started, so there is still room for growth.

Although the advantages have been emphasized, the advantages of hardware engineers are incomparable to software engineers. To put it bluntly, the career development of software engineers is about physical strength, while hardware engineers are about experience, and the older they get, the more popular they become. Compared with the software jobs available everywhere, the platform required by hardware engineers is relatively high.

In fact, the difference between these two positions is like the real economy and the virtual economy. The artificial intelligence industry will definitely come to fruition. When it comes to the manufacturing industry, it is also the time when hardware shines. I have to say which one is better. If you can stay down-to-earth for ten years, the hardware engineer will be relatively comfortable in the next 20-30 years of work due to the accumulation of experience. Software engineers are more physically demanding. After making enough money, you need to consider your future life and work.