I’ve been unemployed since 04-2025, and while I still have a long way to go, my savings are starting to dwindle. The job market is tough for coders that find generative AI, wasteful, unethical, and a copyright hazard, in addition to not being much impressed with the output, even from tests earlier this year. I wonder if the new convenience store needs people.
21 years?
April 2025. It’s the longest I’ve been unemployed since my first job out of college.
04-2025=-2021
2026-(-2021)=4047 years
I read that as April 2025, ~17 months ago
It’s pretty bad at the moment.
Had to sell the helicopter after last quarter’s revenues tanked and fuel prices are out of control. Kinda awkward since the yacht still has a helipad.
Really just hoping people are too into their own yacht to notice…
I’m very lucky
I live in a civilised country (not 'Murica)
A few years ago I worked my arse off doing something very niche and managed to save a lot of money
I live a fairly simple life, but I do drink a lot, so that’s an expense I could cut
I travel a lot at the moment, and when I stop doing that I’ll be able to save quite a lot of money
I know how fortunate I am, and how difficult it is for some people, especially in the US
This is probably not an appropriate question, but… are you hiring?
There are many ways to immigrate here
Especially if you are willing to live in one of the smaller places
I’m an immigrant myself, and moving here absolutely changed my life
Where is ‘here’?
"Straya, cunt
What was your niche specialty?
I’m not going to say that, because it’s a very small world sometimes
I hope you understand
Of course. Glad you found something that worked out for you
I am.
I’m so god damn hungry.
Struggling a bit more financially but I prepared for this tbh. I expected shit to get bad, and still think it will get worse.
To put things in perspective I’m learning stuff in case the next depression happens soon, like planting potatoes, food preservation…
Save whatever money you can now. This might be the least you struggle financially for years.
Of course not. Nothing is ever the same for everybody
We live pretty frugally in comparison to our peers. Less than $30 a month in subscriptions, our utility bills are low, we eat out maybe once a month and every other meal is made at home. We thrift and get just about everything we can second hand from yard sales or friends. It used to be that we were putting aside money, now there’s less extra. We’re getting ready for worse, and planting fruit trees, learning gardening and canning, and reaching out to our neighbors.
I just went to Costco for a monthly-ish grocery trip. This month was 700, whereas in previous months it has been 4-500. I’m not even buying beef. I’m in a privileged position to still afford my groceries, but honestly I’m dancing on a knife’s edge right now.
How many people are you feeding?
3, we are all home full time and no eating out ever. Its about 45 days worth of food for us. I definitely see my privilege when it pertains to food, but after a 9% pay cut in March and significant price increases the budget is basically maxed at this point.
Financially? No, I’m doing pretty well, having made a lot of boring but good long term decisions, gotten a few lucky breaks, and had the sort of career where I’ve always been able to find a new job when I needed to. Though with the rise of LLMs that may not be true in a few years.
Health wise though? Fuck. And the mental fallout from that sucks.
Yeah, the burnout is real. I keep trying to do everything I can to keep it from being ever present, but I feel without a career change and a massive risk to my financial stability that I am utterly stuck and will just keep getting fried out at the cost of keeping dinner on the table.
Pretty much, yep. The only people I know who aren’t are old, and even they’re feeling the pinch.
It’s pretty standard to have to choose between paying rent and eating, now. My electric bill is three months overdue. I’d not even be online if I wasn’t pointing a cantenna at the store down the hill. I think the only bills I’m current on are my email, which I’m not sure I’ll be able to swing $50 a year when it is due, but for now it’s current… And my VPN.
do they charge fees for overdue utilities, they dont over here, and people i know have overdue charges for utilities they dont charge extra fee, they just shut off the power after a certain amount of time, due to him being a pushover unable to stop a hoarding wife that also shops, plus not able to rent because he wont fix the house.
They do, but it’s much less likely to be cut off than being evicted or starving, so if you have to not pay something the power company is the first to be skipped.
I have about $60 in late fees on it, now, which is actually pretty low for late fees compared to most places.
Perhaps because we’re all hydro, here, and don;t have a datacenter explosion… Yet.
I overdrew my account less than 24 hours before my paycheck cleared.
Financially and every other way one can struggle. Life is tough right now. 😓
Right there with ya. We’ll pull through
No. But I do feel slightly bad about it.
Don’t have kids I guess? 🤷
I had to sell my helicopter, too. The babes I’ve pulled and flew around in it are starting to suspect I don’t have. I just keep saying it has a computer issue going on.
