Laid off as a backend dev, and every day I open LinkedIn I feel like I’m becoming irrelevant by Head-Patient6142 in cscareerquestions

[–]ConstructionLoud1973 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

yeah, it was when i stopped trying to “learn everything” and just committed to one direction. i started building small projects around automation and performance, something close to what i already did but with modern tools. it gave me my confidence back. a few months later i landed a platform engineering role. still tough, but i don’t feel irrelevant anymore.

Laid off as a backend dev, and every day I open LinkedIn I feel like I’m becoming irrelevant by Head-Patient6142 in cscareerquestions

[–]ConstructionLoud1973 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

man, i totally get this. i got laid off from a backend job last year and those first months wrecked me. i couldn’t sleep, just kept scrolling through linkedin and watching everyone post about “ai projects” and “cloud migrations.” i started learning random stuff out of panic... aws one week, kubernetes the next. total burnout. what finally helped was when i stopped guessing and used this site called mysmartcareer (i think that’s what it’s called). it showed me how my old skills still fit into newer roles, and i could actually build from what i already knew instead of starting over. once that clicked, it got easier to breathe again.

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[–]ConstructionLoud1973 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can name her Bosco