Reddit Experience · 2026 Q1

Considering switching industries

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I’ve been laid off and unemployed for coming up to a year now. I have three years experience as a SWE and I just got my most recent rejection for a DevRel role (starting to branch out a bit). Pretty s

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I’ve been laid off and unemployed for coming up to a year now. I have three years experience as a SWE and I just got my most recent rejection for a DevRel role (starting to branch out a bit). Pretty sure I bombed another interview just today, and I have another tomorrow that I don’t feel confident about. I’m wondering if anyone else is seriously considering jumping ship. With offshoring and AI, it seems the American job market in tech is permanently decimated. There’s just too little jobs and too many people desperately competing. I’ve been through three final rounds now, plus some failed tech screens, and I’m just so tired. The interviewing process feels like finals week each and every time. I prepare, I hunker down, I limit my life to cramming, but so much of the interview process is also just chance. I’ve done amazingly at some interviews and not so much in others. Then if I do get a job, who’s to say I don’t get laid off again? I know other industries are rough right now, but at some point I need to pay rent. I’m thinking of trying for a technical role at a hospital of some sort or something where I only need an associates. Has anyone pivoted?
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