The only way the Fediverse will really take off is if it becomes signiciantly more user friendly to adopt.
In the case of Friendica, that means mobile apps. But it also means abstracting servers from ordinary users.
Can I just say, I graduated a decade ago and have no idea what you must be going thru.
However, I want to maybe give you a little hope. A college degree is just a piece of paper. I’ve worked with software engineers that were former teachers, artists, and biologists. Think of the college degree as proof that you’re capable of learning.
All that AI has really done is increased the amount of work people are expected to get done, so I don’t think there’s NO hope for you in software engineering as a whole. You could pivot into another industry that just requires a math or compsci degree. Or keep trying your hand at software engineering.
Good luck
Yeah yeah, just wake me up when he’s gone already