It still kind of is though? The market is ass right now but my TC last year as a new grad was $200k and I only started in April. If you grind interview prep you're bound to get something eventually, and new grad software engineers currently pay near to low six figures.
It's not easy but CS bachelor's degree to software engineer is a solid career prospect long term even if the market sucks right now. Not to mention trades destroy your body in ways that cause long term issues, and pay way less over the course of a career unless you're doing something exceedingly risky.