I think I get enough cold sales DMs from b2b AI hypeguys that I don’t also want randos flooding my inbox telling me GPT said I’m their twin flame or whatever.
If you’re willing to move to a flyover state you could probably reach out to recruiters in the morning and have an offer in hand by lunch. Even the hybrid openings in the midwest/south are bait-and-switch and will be fully onsite soon.
Alternatively there are a lot of positions open at national labs which are onsite, and many work on interesting problems.
Company signals egregious changes in pricing/product strategy. Community backlash happens. Company claws back to a slightly more "reasonable" point that still has a level of negative consumer impact that is higher than the historic model.
Is there a reason this leap forward/tip-toe backward tactic has become more prevalent in recent years? It's so painfully transparent that you can almost time the "we're sorry, please join our fireside chat" announcement to the minute.