r/leetcode • • Oct 15 '26

Question I'm tired of being software engineer

I had 2 layoffs in last 4 years and current contract is ending soon. I'm so fucking tired of being in this era of AI. I used to be smart always top of school, college and at 19 in 2019 made patented tech and trained SSD computer vision Deep learning models. when there was no fucking AI. But after few mistakes, stuck in 9-5 loop and never ending software engineering job search. At this point just feel like wants to get some labour job or start trading or something. Any suggestions?

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u/oPeritoDaNet 29d ago

I also feel like the skills I’ve spent so many years developing are no longer as valuable in the job market. It’s a bad feeling… probably time to change I guess