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First, Epic, now Oracle.
I'm never gonna get another job in software, am I?
I trained as a clown at literal clown school. Everyone laughed at me and told me I should've been a software engineer. Well, no ones laughing now.
Do I amuse you?
so you're a bad clown then?... :)
:|
The coal miners were told to learn to code, but maybe software engineers should be learning coal mining at this point. With all the AI data centers being built, there sure is going to be a lot of demand for coal.
I feel you here. I graduated into covid and then as soon as things started opening again all these non stop layoffs
it's possible. just, if you are looking right now, don't expect the same salary you were getting. Be willing to take a minor pay cut, and be willing to take a service industry job just to get money. (that never touches your resume)
I was in accounting and very underemployed when Arthur Andersen disintegrated. And then again for Lehman Brothers. It was rough, but I got through.
the job search will destroy your soul. take breaks to keep yourself from doing things you will regret.
Minor pay cut?! Try 30% and no work from home. Companies smell blood in the water and low balling salaries across the board.
oof i didn't think it was that bad, i hadn't looked at actual numbers. iirc folk were doing 15-20 cuts back during the crises i was dealing with. wfh was unheard of back then tho, so like i get where you're coming from.
The icing on the cake is that most of the offers are 6mo contracts, no benefits, with the option to hire or extend. This way the company can decide they don't really need the position in six months and walk away with no recourse.
oh, the fuck you contractors special. i know those contracts. it's better to go work retail. they at least will give you benefits and stability.
my outlook might be colored by some incidents but you may have better luck than i have on those six month shit contracts.
Or try to get them to let you work that through your own LLC and triple up. lol
Just speaking for myself, as a systems administrator, I am actively pursuing my backup plans to get out of IT ASAP. What's coming is topsy-turvy and will be dog eat dog.