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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

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

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

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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AI obsolescence is “coming for basically everyone in due time,” says one engineer who went from earning $150k to being locked out of the workforce for over a year.

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    Not to mention, how are you making that much and not socking anything away for later?

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      RVs aren’t cheap and neither is lot rental.

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        So the RV was the backup plan?

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          I think a lot of people idealize that lifestyle until they get there and have sunk all their money into it.

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          There’s always money in the RV.

          Narrator: This time, there wasn’t.

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