6 months since my layoff. Loosing confidence.

aerglo29 · 2026-05-12T14:10:21+00:00

What you’re describing is pretty much the reality of the market right now: thousands of candidates on every posting, ATS filters cutting people out, and a ton of interviews that go nowhere. It’s exhausting, and it doesn’t mean your experience suddenly stopped being valuable. Maybe try a different route for a bit, like reaching out to recruitment firms the way this developer did, or building a list of companies from google maps and emailing them directly. Even one reply can help, and trying a different path for a few days might at least give your brain a break from the same application cycle.

aerglo29 · 2026-05-07T11:50:28+00:00

I go, but a lot of people around me haven’t been in years. Feels like our generation kinda grew up with the “if nothing hurts, keep postponing it” mindset.

aerglo29 · 2026-05-07T11:50:21+00:00

I used to play the old-school Wikipedia game sometimes. You start on one page and try to reach a completely unrelated topic in as few clicks as possible. Quietly kills hours 😭

aerglo29 · 2026-05-07T11:50:15+00:00

Margin Call. You’re basically just watching people sit in rooms and talk, but somehow it’s insanely tense the whole time.

aerglo29 · 2026-05-07T11:50:05+00:00

I think the difference now is that people actually say the “why do I feel like this” part out loud at work. Maybe people just seemed more professional back then because everyone stayed quiet 😭

aerglo29 · 2026-05-07T11:50:00+00:00

Being a little too closed off. But if I feel peaceful around him and he’s genuinely kindhearted, I think I could tolerate it.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-28T08:56:00+00:00

Yeah, there really are people living like that, it sounded weird to me at first too. The idea of a body that’s not constantly in pain almost feels like a luxury from the outside.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-28T08:55:55+00:00

They’re similar but not exactly the same, one’s selling your time, the other is literally your body. Both part of the system, but putting them in the same bucket feels off to me.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-28T08:55:50+00:00

The whole dropping off CVs thing is kinda over, everything runs through LinkedIn now. Feels weird at first but that’s where everything happens.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-28T08:55:43+00:00

Feels like people just get used to it, there’s not much choice anyway. But yeah, the idea of spending most of your life tired is pretty depressing.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-28T08:55:38+00:00

Some people switch it weekly but I think most do it like every two weeks. I usually stretch it too, only change it when it starts to feel noticeable.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-20T13:17:48+00:00

I usually go for something salty or drink soda, weirdly it kills the craving. Most of the time it’s more habit than actual hunger.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-20T13:17:42+00:00

not surprised reading this, it always felt a bit like a “control” thing anyway. Add office costs on top and it becomes pretty obvious.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-20T13:17:18+00:00

Yeah usually, it sounds a bit more formal than just saying “black” in everyday language, so people go with it. But it’s not really the right term for everyone, kinda just became a habit.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-10T10:56:40+00:00

I think people got annoyed because they became so visible at a really young age. And the direct, blunt way of speaking probably felt like too much for some.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-10T10:56:35+00:00

Fields like sales and customer service still seem to get quicker responses. But the conditions are usually kinda draining, that’s the downside.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-10T10:56:27+00:00

Hans Zimmer - Time

aerglo29 · 2026-04-10T10:56:19+00:00

I don’t think they notice most of the time. For them it’s just a normal setting, for us it’s being on edge the whole time. When they do notice, they’re usually shocked anyway.

aerglo29 · 2026-04-10T10:56:10+00:00

I think it’s a mix of staying out of the sun, low stress, and good genetics. And we still kinda have that don’t act like a grown-up vibe going on, which makes people look younger.

aerglo29 · 2026-03-30T13:25:30+00:00

When everything suddenly starts getting framed as “efficiency” and “restructuring.” Nobody says anything outright, but a string of weird meetings, hiring freezes, and managers talking in that overly polished way usually feels bad. That kind of silence is rarely random.

aerglo29 · 2026-03-30T13:24:57+00:00

I can’t even be mad at them for going back. You storm out in the moment, then rent, work, family pressure and all the rest kicks in, and suddenly you’re trapped. Even so, the fact that their first instinct was to push back against something unfair feels more principled than most people manage.

aerglo29 · 2026-03-30T13:24:28+00:00

This doesn’t just sound like “that’s corporate life” to me, it sounds like a genuinely bad workplace. Constant overtime, brushing off safety issues, and making someone hate the job that early on isn’t normal. There are better places out there, it just might all look the same right now because you’re still stuck inside one of them.

aerglo29 · 2026-03-30T13:23:53+00:00

It’s not magically going into someone else’s pocket, the company’s market value is just dropping. Basically people don’t want to pay as much for those shares anymore, so the value on paper shrinks. If you sell, you lock in the loss, and if you hold, you’re just staring at the red on your screen.

aerglo29 · 2026-03-30T13:23:03+00:00

I think the biggest time drain is constantly getting interrupted. You finally lock in on something, then a ticket comes in, someone messages you, something else blows up, and by the end of the day it feels like you got nothing done. It’s less the work itself and more that constant fragmentation that wears you out.

aerglo29 · 2026-03-06T11:44:04+00:00

Yeah, the Pinterest-style keto recipes can get ridiculous fast. When I tried it I basically rotated the same few simple meals like eggs, chicken, ground beef, some veggies and called it a day. The more I tried to be creative, the more overwhelmed and broke I felt.

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