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Is anyone else feeling no interest in applying for jobs anymore (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I got laid off in March as a software engineer 2 and since then I've hardly applied to many jobs, of the few I've applied to I got a handful of interviews which I couldn't even clear the first round of Leetcode test. I can barely solve 1 or 2 LC questions a day, and I've tried to read system design for a while but can't find any interest in it. Even if I solve the interview questions we'll I've been rejected, everything feels so pointless. I just want to play video games and watch movies till these darks days pass and there's another boon in tech hiring. But with AI it feels like many jobs won't ever come back. Should I consider changing careers or moving to another country. I don't think I have any real passion or talent for programming, but it's the only skill I have right now. I don't know what level of panic I should be feeling right now. I don't have any close friends or supportive family to talk to about any of this.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I couldn't even clear the first round of Leetcode test.
I can barely solve 1 or 2 LC questions a day
I've tried to read system design for a while but can't find any interest in it.
everything feels so pointless.
I just want to play video games and watch movies
till these darks days pass
I don't think I have any real passion or talent for programming
I don't what level of panic I should be feeling right now.

Sounds pretty depressive to me. And a depression does not help with tackling a depressing situation. Get any help your able to get in your area for your mental health – therapy, medication, self help groups, sports, yoga, whatever. You deserve a happy life, don't let depression destroy it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Yeah I was about to start looking for local therapist before I got laid off, can't afford one now, I'm hoping to motivate myself with some short term goals, trying to take it one day at a time till I can get access to Healthcare again

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Therapy is not accessible to most people.

Finding time to go to therapy would be a problem.

Finding a good therapist for you would be a problem.

Paying for therapy would be a problem.

Implementing the solutions that therapy provides would be a problem.

Nobody ever seems to be willing to admit that therapy adds more problems on in the hopes that one day it might possibly reduce the number of problems, but any time you mention you have a problem in your life, people seem to crawl out of the woodworks to tell you to go to therapy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What do you propose as an alterative recommendation?

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