u/Extra-Platypus3720

I recently got laid off from product company and been applying for for jobs . Unfortunately for my role and pay, other big tech tech have closed hiring .

In this shitty market, i have to expand my scope to other cties , I am 26 and have never left home and its scary thought

Recently i lost my grandfather who i was so close to , my parents also had minor health issues on and off

But now tech is rapidly changing and i have to align myself to growth environment.Staying in my place can stop my career

But leaving family seems tough decision, it all came all of the sudden as i was laid off recently, its too much to process

I have been recently laid off and been applying for jobs , although i worked in product company and i am extremely underconfident , i have been applying on and off and got failed in couple of online assessment

Also the market is shitty and i have no choice but look at other cities also. Although i am uncomfortable i have no other choice, i have neve been out of this city ans moving away from family seems scary

layoff also made me afraid of jobs, it also made me skeptical and anxious.

Also i started being comfortable in home, i know its wrong, i am so anxious. Its peaceful in odd way just preparing for jobs and being peaceful

I also don’t know how to evaluate job offers

I was laid off from product company recently, though it was toxic and stressful i stayed because job market was bad , pay and perks and reputation was good . I worked very hard to get here and know how difficult to go through the process

But life didn’t work this way , now i am afraid to take up jobs similar to my my job profile . I am SDET, always in line for any layoff . I am fearing even if they hire me , whether i will be fired later.

I can take low paying jobs ,but i fear pay cut will affect long term. I am 26 and from middle class family, I wanted to make decent money when i am young.

Is it common or because of layoff , my mind is struck ?

I have been laid from from product based company and i have been applying for job since , I applied at every company including mass service company

I am sdet and I was getting a above average salary, market is very bad for sdet/qa , in service based i wouldn’t get the expected salary and it would be difficult to get back into product companies

I have some saving , but i am afraid of career break due to layoff , like should i keep waiting for better companies. Sometimes i worry that i am being too picky / too egostic

I am also extremely terrified about interview and i keep preparing every day.

Meanwhile i have 5 years of experience and i am also thinking should i change from sdet to some other role . I am biggest dilemma because every budget cut is always impacting SDET

Not to forgot how AI is dangerous for women and many people are misusing to generate ai generated models , chatbots etc

I am not Ai hater as someone who worked with AI and got laid off , i am facinated by AI growth , but its scary thought because companies are laying off human to buy tokens for these AI subscription companies

its truly some science fiction world

Ai is not needed everywhere , it can be breakthrough in complex task , medical research but people are encouraging to use to day to day task.

who is going to buy products when Ai replace everything? As someone who got laid off, I have cancelled trips, postponed big spending. I feel people who are in job would also spend less.There is war and climate change already happening

People have started to use Ai to generate replies to linkedin and reddit post . i feel thinking capacity is reduced

atleast earlier tech companies or any corporate atleast gave opportunity go build wealth , but these AI subscription companies is destroying everything

i was laid off in cold email from famous product company , but somehow i feel odly relieved

The job gave me so much anxiety , stress and made killed my confidence. It has worst gender ratio , no diversity , i was one of the 4 women in the team 25 .it was basically boys club

yes , pay was good the company had good reputation , but work life was terrible. i was so anxious that i used to wake up at midnight to double check the code

The day i got laid off i felt angry , why me ? even after i worked very hard and got good feedback . i felt terrible about my life

But then after a week i begin to understand that job was not for long term . i would have collpased if i continue.

i know i sound like terrible and bad person , but my best friend is getting marrief. My another best friend got married and had kid. we are 26 year old

I was recent laid off from product company and i feel very ashamed and frustated to go wedding . I feel i have developed inferiority complex

i have always been different and worked hard to improve my career , i spent nights/ days in pandemic times and also in last five years to land a job. i had small bad relationship which was toxic followed by AM drama and bad matches

Both of my frienda aren’t ambitious , they are working in good company with average salary. They both wanted to get married before 25 and have kid.

They got lucky with relationship- stable job, not living with in laws , even their ex were decent people ( it was right person at wrong time )

i become like those vamp/ corporate girls who are unhappy in those serials/ movies . I feel very unfair and it slipper shot that if i work hard i would achieve everything

Everyone will ask about job, marriage etc . I feel so low and terrible .i was never jealous of anyone because i always thougt i will get it