not asking for the best job, just trying to figure out what to steer clear of so i don't waste years going down the wrong path. feels like half the careers people recommended 5 years ago are oversaturated or getting automated now. curious what fields you'd tell people to avoid right now and why
teams are getting cut in half but the deadlines stayed the same, workers are just quietly burning out trying to keep up. management keeps calling it "efficiency" but it just feels like the same workload got squeezed into fewer people. anyone else feeling this at their job or is it just certain industries getting hit harder...
been going back and forth on this for way too long and i'm no closer to an answer. i don't have a passion, i don't have a dream job, i just want something stable that i won't dread waking up for every morning, what did people here do when they had absolutely nothing pulling them in any direction? did you just pick something and figure it out, or is there actually a way to narrow it down without already knowing what you like?
The hiring freezes, layoffs, and shrinking opportunities in tech aren't slowing down. If anything, things could get messier before they get better, and job seekers are starting to feel it. Companies that were aggressively hiring just a couple of years ago are now cutting headcount, tightening budgets, and leaning harder on automation to fill the gaps. Entry-level roles are nearly extinct, mid-level positions are flooded with applicants, and even experienced engineers are spending months in the job hunt with little to show for it. The optimism that defined the industry not too long ago feels like a distant memory, and for a lot of people in tech, the uncertainty isn't just uncomfortable, it's genuinely scary.
been using coffee shop and mall wifi pretty regularly and only recently started wondering if i've just been handing over my data this whole time. like how easy is it actually for someone to snoop on what you're doing? and does it matter what you're doing, browsing vs logging into stuff? curious if anyone's had a bad experience or if the risk is overblown for the average person who's not doing anything sensitive
no clear plan yet, just the itch to start over in something completely different. don't even know what the "something" is yet, that's the part messing with my head most. feels like everyone who does this has it figured out before they jump, and I don't.
anyone actually done this in their 30s? how long before it stopped feeling like starting from zero
someone with a community college background, solid portfolio, and can actually build things gets filtered out before the first interview. but the CS grad who memorized algorithms they'll never use in production gets the callback automatically. The gatekeeping isn't protecting quality. it's just protecting people who could afford the "right" education, anyone else notice this?
Which roles are still getting callbacks and which ones feel like you're shouting into a void? From what I've seen, cybersecurity and AI/ML still have some pulse but frontend and general software engineering feels brutal lately. Could just be my feed though. What's your experience been?
I finished my bootcamp feeling pretty confident. I had projects, a GitHub, a portfolio site. I thought I'd land something in 3 months tops. That didn't happen...
Took me 14 months before I landed a job, the bootcamp gave me the foundation. it didn't give me the job. that part was entirely on me to figure out.
So if you are also like me, don't lose hope and trust the process..
I'm not saying don't go to college. I'm saying stop letting the absence of a degree stop you from applying.
I watched a friend of mine, no degree, self taught, just GitHub projects and consistency, get hired at a company that had "bachelor's degree required" in the job posting.
Meanwhile I know people with diplomas on their wall who have been job hunting for 8 months.
The shift is actually happening. More companies are quietly dropping degree requirements because they got tired of hiring people who looked good on paper but couldn't actually do the work.
What's replacing it?
Portfolio. References. The ability to sit in an interview and talk about real problems you've solved.
That's it. That's the whole game now.
Your degree might get you past a filter. But it won't get you the job. What you've actually built will.
Anyone else seeing this play out in their industry or is it still rough out there?
Kinda confused and honestly it's a little funny. I've been seeing posts and reels about some ongoing hate toward nurses? Like the second a guy finds out a girl's a nurse, he's out. I don't really get why...
Any recommendation of AI tools that can help me with my coding and some advice about that tools.
Tysm in Advance!