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

https://www.yahoo.com/news/software-engineer-lost-150k-job-090000839.html

by ExtremeComplex

16 comments

  1. Sounds like his family lost the rest of their last name too 😢

  2. Unfortunately this is the dystopian future timeline that we now live in. We’re in the early stages of this transition wait another 4 years it will get worse. Remember these companies won’t think twice of axing you.

  3. This was posted in more technical forum, this guys lives in a area with few tech jobs, not moving, looking for a remote only job, has limited experience.

    He’s not getting a 150k job. This is not about ai stealing jobs this is just normal market adjustment, this guy needs to adjust his expectations.

  4. >K’s last job was working at a company focused on the metaverse

    Lost to AI? Sounds like copium.

  5. It’s not possible to not find a job, he just needs to slightly lower his salary expectations.

  6. But I was assured that AI was “just a tool” and nobody would lose their jobs! /s

  7. Someone really doesn’t understand what the word “forced” means.

    It doesn’t mean “chooses”.

  8. My husband has been laid-off twice in three months, but thankfully has been able to get work fairly quickly because he has 20+ years of experience. The problem is businesses aren’t hiring Jr and mid level programmers, so when the olds retire they’re not going to have anyone to replace them. Several programmers say that AI code is bad and insecure. We still need software engineers to tell the AI what to build, etc.

  9. Should’ve gone to school for a real profession, like art or being a Spanish teacher

  10. This article claims that acquiring a CDL has a high financial barrier to entry, that is false.

  11. He’s doing DOORDASH? Ouch.

    “They’re like a cartel over here. There was this one dude that would sit outside a ghost kitchen with 10 phones declining orders and picking the best ones. Whenever he got a catch, he would give the phone over to someone from his Prius gang. You think you’re competing with 5 dudes… nah, they got like 20 account combined.”

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/doordash/comments/1cin5ox/prius_groups/](https://www.reddit.com/r/doordash/comments/1cin5ox/prius_groups/)

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/SanJose/comments/1dtc8wi/can_someone_explain_why_there_are_so_many_prius/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SanJose/comments/1dtc8wi/can_someone_explain_why_there_are_so_many_prius/)

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/SanJose/comments/1e0kjxe/why_are_there_so_many_colombian_immigrants/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SanJose/comments/1e0kjxe/why_are_there_so_many_colombian_immigrants/)

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/SanJose/comments/1chbzh2/doordash/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SanJose/comments/1chbzh2/doordash/)

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/uberdrivers/comments/18y206d/colombians_are_killing_the_app_game_in_the_bay/](https://www.reddit.com/r/uberdrivers/comments/18y206d/colombians_are_killing_the_app_game_in_the_bay/)

    Good luck competing against THIS

    [https://www.reddit.com/r/UberEatsDrivers/comments/1ifat21/every_single_driver_in_downtown_miami_have_23/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UberEatsDrivers/comments/1ifat21/every_single_driver_in_downtown_miami_have_23/)

    “You have a higher chance of winning the lotto here than getting a decent order”

  12. “Tech layoffs are nothing new for Shawn K (his full legal last name is one letter).”

    I don’t want to blame the victim here but he might also be insufferable.

  15. Did AI really take this guys job or did the “metaverse” company he worked for tank like all the others? Taking a look at the guy’s linkedIn despite his 15 years of experience he’s never lasted more than 2 years at a place (except for self emplyment), which he actually acheived at the metaverse company, his last job. So history would dictate AI or not this dude for whatever reason lacks staying power beyond that period for whatever reason. May not be a skill or talent issue, the tenure at other places could be by choice; but it seems lately like taking risks like working in the “metaverse” space exclusively for 2 years is a gamble that doesn’t seem like it’ll pay dividends any time soon.

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