Ask HN: What to do instead of giving up on tech
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Have you tried jobs outside of SRE? Customer success, project management, etc?
I've applied for some jobs such as Technical Account Manager and mostly Backend Software Engineer (which is probably way more difficult to ace than infrastructure for me). Project Management is definitely something I don't have any experience with.
Finding a job is very bad. The first months I had only rejections, some didn't even mask that were made by AIs (one day I applied on a Friday night and got a rejection on Saturday morning).
When January started, I started to land the first interviews, some on FAANG companies. Even though I applied for jobs more related to infrastructure, they still required Leetcode-like interviews, which is odd. I failed some of them, but aced one that was more infrastructure related. However, even though I aced it and went pretty well, I still wasn't chosen for their opening (they probably had very limited openings).
I know there are lots of threads here asking "is the market bad right now", but I wanted to read your thoughts on the market right now, the impact of AIs in hiring (I dislike using AIs for mostly anything, I'm not sure if I'm on a disadvantage for having a resume written by myself or not) and if any of you have lost hope on continuing in tech.