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Less than 3 years as a developer and already been laid off twice. Does it ever get better? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world to c/cs_career_questions@programming.dev

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I'm a 25 yo British guy. I landed my first job as a dev in 2022 for a consultancy with a 1 year international placement, it was good but a few months after returning, the whole cohort was laid off due to corporate politics between the offices in the two countries. After 7 months of searching, I got my second job working for a small pensions fintech startup, it was fine but I didn't find it all that fulfilling. After 9 months of working there, the CEO pulled me into a meeting and said they'd made a mistake hiring me and they needed a more senior developer who could help steer the company from a business perspective too, so I was once again laid off.

That was in January, since then I've had 2 interviews, both of which have gone nowhere. The vibe of every position that's matched my CV has basically been the same sort of work- pretty mundane web dev roles and I can see myself being pulled into a cycle of mundane work then being laid off. I've wanted to be a developer for as long as I can remember, I started writing code when I was 12, studied CS throughout school so I could go to uni and do it for my degree - but now, I feel so disillusioned with the whole industry, where do I go from here? Does it get better? How do I find a job that actually feels fulfilling?

Sorry for the ramble, it's 4am and I just happened to stumble across this community while scrolling. Thought it might be worth an ask.

TLDR; been laid off twice in about 2 and a half years, feeling pretty disillusioned with everything, where do I go from here?

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[–] some_guy 3 points 1 week ago

I landed what should have been my dream job and absolutely hated it. Not being fulfilled by your work is pretty standard, I think. I learned that I am most fulfilled by helping people directly. I switched from dev to IT. Helping someone and seeing the outcome of my work is far more rewarding, even if it pays less. I think you entered the market at a strange time, post-pan. Some of it could be that. Good luck!