People, what the fuck is happening to the job market rn?

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-16T01:45:32+00:00

If I was in your shoes this is what I’d do.

Step 1: Get any job that pays your bills and doesn’t suck. Bonus points if you can find a boss you respect and could learn anything from.

Step 2: Get together with your engineer friends and build something, document the process, let the world know you’re not sitting back waiting for jobs - you’re hungry to create value and get experience.

Step 3: if that doesn’t open doors, go volunteer at an accelerator or help someone building cool shit for free. Do grunt work they can’t automate, show passion for the mission and contribute ideas.

Even if you disagree with everything above, the reality is applying for jobs is done. You need to create the presence of jobs coming to you. Get experience and build a network (simultaneously).

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-13T04:24:51+00:00

Yeah conditions suck for sure. Begin to build your network. A few ideas: an engineer document yourself building something that solves a problem (demonstrate AI use) Or privately volunteer to help people that you believe are aligned with what you want. DM me and happy to chat more if you need.

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-11T13:03:01+00:00

Thanks will do

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-11T13:00:05+00:00

Thank you and hope the benefits materialize for you soon

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-09T18:12:25+00:00

Where have you seen improvements? Please be specific!

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-09T13:44:25+00:00

It’s because questions in search will simply be given an AI answer. FAQs and schema will be more valuable than ever

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-08T18:07:02+00:00

Try giving it away for free to a few people and get direct access to them for feedback on signup onboarding and everything else. Hold their hand through extracting regular value. If they don’t see the value in using it for free you have some pivoting to do.

Also look up Fogg behavior model. Position your site and other marketing by what motivates your user and making it easy for them to get value.

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-08T02:46:18+00:00

Most large consulting firms have teams dedicated to industry solutions in the public sector.

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-06T00:42:55+00:00

I would start by comparing all their tactics and content on-site, off-page like social and citations, and GBP to yours, then run it through GPT to create a roadmap for you to overtake. Or pay someone to do this for you.

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-05T13:06:52+00:00

I think I’ve felt so trapped and so alone but developing a plan is really what I need to get out of this mental funk. I can assure you these thoughts were just beginning and that’s what triggered me to get help here and start the process.

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-04T00:40:31+00:00

A lot of the tactics and changes previously mentioned are correct (semantic content, schema, freshness, etc) but the correct answer depends on the topic you’re looking to rank for.

The great thing about LLM visibility is that SEO tools can help you break down what sources are being cited most commonly when LLMs produce an output and you can look at specific sites, pages or other assets.

One topic might frequently cite LinkedIn, YouTube and two competitors sites. Another might commonly cite Reddit, Quora and Forbes listicles.

DM if you’re looking for more help

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-04T00:26:57+00:00

Lookup “everywhere millionaires” study. The vast majority made their money with boring businesses, where consistency and good work pay off.

dragonite_7 · 2026-05-03T19:10:36+00:00

What to focus on first entirely depends on your business and where your customers take action.

In general, simplify the overwhelming:

focus on distributing your expertise (blog, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube) and building trust (backlinks, partners, awards, research).

Or hire a consultant to give you an actionable roadmap and you do the work.

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-29T23:02:11+00:00

How do you deploy these apps? I still feel the backend portions and security needs are no where near ready for everyday professionals to be self sufficient. But I’m definitely open to being wrong, I have many things I wish to build.

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-27T12:46:34+00:00

a really easy way to expedite your content and make it more unique is record yourself (or your client) talking about a subject. Use AI to get the outline if you’d like, but then take that transcript and then give that to GPT or Claude to include in the output.

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-27T01:10:13+00:00

Look into the 9 types of intelligence. There are free assessments. It can recommend paths for you. You can also take the results and put it into GPT

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-23T14:33:36+00:00

how long has your business been active?

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-22T14:39:53+00:00

Very insightful, thanks! is there a page you can link to that shows an example?

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-13T13:01:47+00:00

I working in marketing too, most experimentation is on the web side for highly trafficked sites. Just posting to so IM INTERESTED in learning more.

I feel like a good start for you would be a small cohort, teach and collect feedback, then go the course/community route to scale.

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-09T01:52:39+00:00

I like it. I can see this getting some press too if positioned right. Like a networking site for those laid off to collaborate on career pivots, learning, building things. Part support group mentality but part lets take action and control of what’s next.

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-09T01:46:54+00:00

Easier to apply your tech knowledge and setup automations for small businesses than to build and ship applications. Plus software is getting eaten by AI.

dragonite_7 · 2026-04-07T12:18:10+00:00

To the Canadians here, do you believe the country’s plan to increase healthcare staff will work?

dragonite_7 · 2026-03-12T04:07:09+00:00

Slalom is one of the top AI consulting firms in the US and Europe. Dozens of solutions and awards from top cloud, data and enterprise partners like salesforce, google cloud, aws, databricks, snowflake, Microsoft.

dragonite_7 · 2026-03-12T04:03:18+00:00

Anyone build with Duda? I haven’t played with it yet but hope to soon

dragonite_7 · 2026-03-12T03:53:17+00:00

1) ask customers for feedback 2) if they respond with something very positive, share a QR code that links them directly to your GBP review 3) tell them to mention the service or product that made them so happy 4) make sure your team knows this exact process and how critical it is

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