Comment by OptionOfT
1 day ago
As someone laid off just now, I wish companies saw this. I genuinely don't know where to go with my 'skills' as a software engineer, both pre and post AI.
The market is shrinking, the pressure to review code is so high, I'm kinda relieved to not be at the $last_place anymore, but looking on LinkedIn or calling around my network... there isn't a lot out there.
From my perspective you're entering the seasonal low. It's time for the old fiscal year turnover sadly. I've been laid off at precisely this time of year too, and years later I'm still working.
It takes me generally 3 months to find a good job, and while the industry is changing I suspect you'll be ok. Nobody I know is hunting for jobs.
Hang in there
I voluntarily left earlier in the year. Starting to wonder about that decision right about now.
Haven't gotten serious about applying, but zero serious inbound and nothing from my network. Not even a call; few cancelled calls.
AI app submissions has destroyed hiring so bad too. We were sifting through hundreds of resume submissions. Then went through tons of interviews without finding someone.
I'm resigned that it'll be a while. And I might get a role I apply for months after the fact.
Hey sorry to hear that, layoffs really suck. Do you think it happened because of AI "taking your job" or was the org doing poorly regardless?
I lost my largest customer because they wanted to take development in-house. They're going AI-first and not hiring more developers. Just getting rid of contractors. It's going to be interesting to see.
My prediction: Will go awesome for a few months, and the cracks will start to show. Might even ask you to come back and fix something AI can't seem to get quite right.
A lot of my gig work comes from non-technical people who started down the path with vibe-coding and need bailed out. I foresee a future where I'm overseeing a larger portfolio of projects that just need me to keep things from going off the rails completely.