"I started applying to jobs, and honestly, I don't even know what to say after that. Here I am right now, still applying to jobs two years later."
"It's just barren out there. I lost my job about a year ago at a company that had some issues."
Zia, a software engineer laid off in mid-2023, reflects on the drastic shifts in the job market for tech professionals, despite their qualifications. Once a stable field, software engineering now sees many professionals, regardless of experience, unable to find jobs, leading to frustration and uncertainty. In conversations with other job seekers, the pervasive sentiment is one of desolation, with the once-reliable promise of coding skills failing to guarantee employment. This situation is echoed across various industries, including AI, indicating a broader trend of instability in the job market.
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