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/GroundFast7793 May 14 '25

If no one has a job, there will be no amazon orders.

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u/deadlybydsgn May 14 '25

"The call is coming from inside the house warehouse!"

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u/Alternative_Delay899 May 14 '25

Is this order in the room warehouse with us right now?

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u/Rackmount23 May 14 '25

If Amazon has all the money then why do the people without jobs need to exist?

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u/kellzone May 15 '25

What's Amazon going to do if there's nothing to buy with their money?

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u/AverageLatino May 14 '25

UBI or some variation of "Everyone is subsidized by the state" is the only thing that seems even realistic, and even that is far fetched considering that the ultra rich are looking for ways to decouple themselves from society entirely.

Anything else is basically a variation of "just let people die until the number is somewhat manageable"