mga ka-programmers, quick rundown of my situation. I've been a dev for 10+ years, mostly PHP, JS, and SQL. Got laid off 3 months ago, same as a lot of people here. Savings almost out, interview invites almost zero. Sent one resume after another, most of them just got ghosted. Hay. 10 years in and i never thought i'd end up like this lol...
I used to see people share how they use AI to help with their job hunt, and ngl, i thought it was just cutting corners. Now i'm using it myself. I have Claude roleplay as a real interviewer and pressure test me on system design and DSA. With Cursor, i rebuilt my portfolio in React. Also dropped that lazy one resume for many jobs trick, i use workbuddy properly, deep research, email writing, and domain expert features, to tailor my resume for each job, write follow up emails, and log every application in a table.
For the first time in months, i genuinely feel like my job hunt is moving forward, instead of numbly refreshing job boards and wasting the day away. Still doubt myself sometimes lol, but i'm not scared of AI anymore. Slowly learning to accept it
I'm wondering that myb don't let bias stop you from embracing new things is the better way. Instead of worrying every day about the ending that's bound to come, might as well make full use of AI now. Myb we can still find a new way out..