I had to quit in September due to burn out. Given how many better engineers now on market I feel there are no space for me anymore. Now burning my saving money on rent and food and going to commit suicide few months later.
Ask HN: V2 – Laid off folks, are you getting hired yet?
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#62Got laid off in Nov. Finally starting a new job on Monday
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#63I had to quit in September due to burn out. Given how many better engineers now on market I feel there are no space for me anymore. Now burning my saving money on rent and food and going to commit suicide few months later.
> and going to commit suicide few months later
Come on now, why do you feel like that is the plan?
Post your email in profile or something, plenty of us care for you. There's much more to life beyond a software job.
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#64I work as an AI research engineer, so I’m having a totally different experience than the others I’m seeing here. Job market is very very strong for senior AI roles. Multiple offers that were >2x what I was making at a BigTech research lab (depending on how you value the equity). Interview process was much easier than I was expecting- mostly situational interviews (although I was referred in for those). Having said th…
LLMs have been interesting - I need to update my resume to focus on it. I have experience working on models like that since 2018 and are frankly less interesting than some alternatives (to me). My guess is a lot of companies / hiring managers are searching for key terms. Screening is likely not from people who know what they’re talking about
Same, feels like it's time to get the magic acronym on the resume too.
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#65I had to quit in September due to burn out. Given how many better engineers now on market I feel there are no space for me anymore. Now burning my saving money on rent and food and going to commit suicide few months later.
You're better than you think you are, and there is space for you. You need to find someone to talk to, there is help. Please don't kill yourself.
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#66Took a year off and have been trying to get a job for the last 3 months. It’s been crazy. I’ve applied to over 50 jobs and have only got a few interviews.
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#67I had to quit in September due to burn out. Given how many better engineers now on market I feel there are no space for me anymore. Now burning my saving money on rent and food and going to commit suicide few months later.
In the case that this was not a poor joke, please do consider calling 988 if in the US or any equivalent service in your locality: https://988lifeline.org
There is more to life than work - and it may be hard to see that in the face of cost and running out of money.
Have you considered any adjacent or post-software gigs? I know some folks who have left to go study a particular science or end up in teaching. A good friend of mine left engineering to become a substitute and then full-time teacher.
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#68I had to quit in September due to burn out. Given how many better engineers now on market I feel there are no space for me anymore. Now burning my saving money on rent and food and going to commit suicide few months later.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
LLMs have been interesting - I need to update my resume to focus on it. I have experience working on models like that since 2018 and are frankly less interesting than some alternatives (to me). My guess is a lot of companies / hiring managers are searching for key terms. Screening is likely not from people who know what they’re talking about
Same, feels like it's time to get the magic acronym on the resume too.
Lol name checks out
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#70I had to quit in September due to burn out. Given how many better engineers now on market I feel there are no space for me anymore. Now burning my saving money on rent and food and going to commit suicide few months later.
You're important to us. You are needed. This will pass and there are people who love you