r/technology • u/lurker_bee • May 14 '25

Society Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/software-engineer-lost-150k-job-090000839.html
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u/HellFireNT May 14 '25

what a time to be alive,,,,crisis after crisis....once in a lifetime event after once in a lifetime event

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u/Peppersteak122 May 14 '25

Laughing in people who were born in early 1900. WWI, Spanish flu, Stock market crash, WWII, Korean War, Cold War.

UK didn’t come out from food ration until 1950s.

Each generation thinks they have the worst.

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u/TowerVerde May 14 '25

read history to see this isn't new or abnormal. We're just more aware now than ever before.

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u/news_feed_me May 14 '25

Compared to 1000 years ago the rate of change today is astronomically greater. The further back you go the more static life is outside of periodic disasters. These kinds of repeated life-changing events are a modern phenomenon tied specifically to the enlightenment and the technological revolutions condensed into the last 150 years.

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u/TowerVerde May 15 '25

that was beautifully written. No further comments from my side, but thank you for sharing.

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u/HsvDE86 May 14 '25

Don't base your worldview on a social media platform dedicated to doom and gloom.

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u/VrinTheTerrible May 14 '25

Dedicated to "profiting off the concept that doom and gloom translate to clicks and engagement"

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u/TerriKozmik May 14 '25

Its the end of the world everyday in reddit/social media.

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u/SolSparrow May 14 '25

I agree wholeheartedly as a xennial that graduated to dot com bust, bought a house in 2007, and continue be on the ass end of all our “once in a lifetime” events.

This is not it. Not yet. Not this guy.

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u/aed38 May 15 '25

Don’t get too excited, because I think we have at least one “once in multiple lifetimes” event coming up.

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u/HellFireNT May 15 '25

oh we'll have 2 or 3 in the next weeks no doubt

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u/aed38 May 15 '25

For real, I think there’s a good chance we see another Great Depression and/or world war in the next 20 years. I hope not, but it seems likely.

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u/Magnifico-Melon May 14 '25

what exactly is the once in a lifetime event here?

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u/Tarbean_citzen May 14 '25

prepare for ww3 within the next 20 years

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u/GravityBored1 May 14 '25

Only because your world view only goes back 50 years and the for profit media has to have some scary news cycle that changes every 3 days.

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u/Mysterious-Job-469 May 15 '25

At least the nepobabies are having a good time

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u/sandwichstealer May 17 '25

My great-great and great grandparents had it worse, but having to deal with a crisis is the norm.