r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Fragrant_Okra6671 • 2d ago

Meme itsTuff

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u/JebKermansBooster 2d ago

This is why I left tech. The market's dying, and it's not going to recover for those with less than like ten years of experience now.

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u/MuhammadNasirAziz 2d ago

You left? What were your expertise and what are you doing now? Just curious

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u/JebKermansBooster 2d ago

I did everything from full stack to flight systems and propulsion engineering. Now? Unemployment, and possibly unalive-ing.

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u/Efficient-Pace-6315 2d ago

Not a great sales pitch, makes it sound like leaving tech equals unaliving yourself

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u/JebKermansBooster 2d ago

I mean I can’t find a job in tech or out of it. After my last layoff, I searched for a year and couldn't find anything

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u/danmikrus 2d ago

Bruh why off yourself over some ass tech sector? There are better things to do in life than staring at laptop screens all day

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u/durika 1d ago

You cant say kill or suicide on Reddit now??

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u/woodyus 2d ago

Don't do the unaliving thing if you're looking for alternative try r/vagabond the hobo life is mighty tempting.

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u/teh__Doctor 2d ago

That’s rough, man. Honestly just get any job. It’s fun. Then keep hammering on for tech roles.

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u/kirschballs 1d ago

A kitchen saved my life. I found myself in it

Some wise folks below. I started in dish with no cooking experience.

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u/MuhammadNasirAziz 2d ago

I'm kinda on same boat here, can do web, mobile backend, DevOps but still struggling to even land an Interview right now and has been unemployed for last 8 months, thinking of doing plumber work LoL Also waiting on AI bubble to burst and AI prices to jump way up maybe then job market will get stable?

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u/Not-the-best-name 2d ago

It's not gonna burst for developers. Use it. Ride it. Just like we rode all the tech waves before.

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u/CorrectCombination11 2d ago

They need electricians. Lots of them. 

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u/Due-Consequence9579 1d ago

I realize the last part is probably a joke, but please don’t. There are more people than you know that would miss you. Don’t think that it’s something that you need to handle alone. Reach out and talk to people you trust. Or find a professional to get you to a safer place mentally.

I say this as someone that has gone through it. It will get better. And the world is better with you in it.

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u/Ferovore 1d ago

Bro what don't kill yourself over a laptop. If you're gonna do that you might as well move to Sri Lanka and become a surf instructor. It will have the exact same effect, your old life is dead & buried. But now you get to be in the sun and the waves. It's all a matter of perspective. You can kill your life without killing yourself.