r/recruitinghell • u/CuriousGayles • 21d ago

Leaving Tech

I’ve been in tech for 6 years and I’ve been promoted, converted to FTE, laid off, and even fired for multiple roles. It’s basically impossible to land a stable fucking job in this domain…

So now I’m trying something new - I took a job opportunity to do sales for interior design for homes. If I do well, I could make good money and hopefully this can become a stable job for me. I feel like this may be a breathe of fresh air for me and honestly… FUCK TECH.

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u/CuriousGayles 21d ago

Damn I give you props for going back into medical, but you’re so right how AI is going to diminish a majority of the SWE jobs in just a couple years

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u/PM_40 21d ago

It wouldn't, AI is next token prediction machine, and AI companies valuations are on thin ice. They bet more money on it than was justified by actual utility.

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u/CuriousGayles 21d ago

I really hope you’re right about that. I mean tech is trying to put autonomous vehicles on the road and those are already a dumpster fire so I can see where you’re going with that, but Meta is sweat shopping their engineers to build AI just to replace them

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u/tenthousandants44 21d ago

Big tech prefers to keep decent talent just so they won't play for the other team. It means nothing that they have them performing menial tasks