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 Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 7 months ago

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

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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

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 Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 7 months 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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    7 months ago

    This sounds shockingly familiar. The job market is a scam these days, and I’ve been homeless for a year and a half. AI hype is just going to make it worse.

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