I got laid off in March as a software engineer 2 and since then I’ve hardly applied to many jobs, of the few I’ve applied to I got a handful of interviews which I couldn’t even clear the first round of Leetcode test. I can barely solve 1 or 2 LC questions a day, and I’ve tried to read system design for a while but can’t find any interest in it. Even if I solve the interview questions we’ll I’ve been rejected, everything feels so pointless. I just want to play video games and watch movies till these darks days pass and there’s another boon in tech hiring. But with AI it feels like many jobs won’t ever come back. Should I consider changing careers or moving to another country. I don’t think I have any real passion or talent for programming, but it’s the only skill I have right now. I don’t know what level of panic I should be feeling right now. I don’t have any close friends or supportive family to talk to about any of this.
Grinding LC questions just makes me feel worse, because i know that being good at those won’t guarantee me job security. If i’m going to have to blast through rounds of torture, just to be laid off 3 month later, what’s even the point.
This is one of the few industries, where the demands keep rising exponentially, with no regard for peoples wellbeing