Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet
Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet
Headline aside, if you're on $150k p.a. you should have an ample emergency fund and frankly aim to live below your means while earning that kind of money in such a volatile employment field.
What people should do has historically been at odds with their actual actions.
True that. Captain hindsight to the rescue.
$150k is not necessarily a lot of money in a lot of cities. The article just mentions New York, but typically that would not be enough to buy in most areas even close to NYC
Then don't live there.
I'm sorry, but I can't sympathize with normal people with normal salaries that choose to live in the most expensive cities in the world, and then discover that they can't afford shit, especially when they find themselves out of a job.
Move out, find towns that are affordable, go work for employers that embrace remote work, get a normal salary, and enjoy a low cost-of-living.
It is 2025. The job market is global and remote work is now. If you're relying on salary to be magically tied to where you live, then you obviously don't know how capitalism works.
go work for employers that embrace remote work
Have you not noticed the massive numbers of people being laid off right now in all sorts of industries?
Remote jobs are not easy to find right now. Employers are being very picky, and they can be when they get 100 applicants a day for a position. This is not the easy solution you make it out to be.
We're talking about software engineers, not plumbers.
