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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 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

www.yahoo.com

Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 11 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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    11 months ago

    K’s last job was working at a company focused on the metaverse

    hahaha well, howd ya not see that coming

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