💀 The Job Hunt is Fucking Hell

I Am Losing My Mind in This Industry

It’s been a while since I posted here again and honestly this time I’m not here to reflect.

I’m here to RANT.

HOLY FUCK IS MY INDUSTRY COOKED.

Like bro, I don’t know what year or month you’re reading this fucking blog, but holy fucking moly is the industry massively bloated. No words can express just HOW FUCKING MUCH PEOPLE THERE ARE compared to the job opportunities out there.

It’s SO FUCKED UP that even in the 16 HOURS that a job is listed on Indeed or Seek, OVER 150 FUCKING PEOPLE ALREADY APPLIED.

Like—BRO.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??

The Collapse After the Gold Rush

I’ve been scrolling Reddit threads and forums about this and yep—it’s happening every day. Every time. Ever since the end of the COVID gold mine era, where people were just magically landing software dev jobs left and right, with high-ass pay and remote work dreams.

Now everyone and their mom from all over the world started eyeballing this industry, and POOF—career shift galore. Bootcamp kids. Dropouts. Career switchers. All in the same game now.

And you’d think experience would carry you, right?

Nah bro. Everyone’s starting at the same goddamn spot now because we’re all forced to adapt to the same brand new AI models, shiny frameworks, same tools.

It’s like no one’s really ahead anymore. We're all struggling in the same pit.

Some people don’t even have degrees and just “git gud” through bootcamps and tutorials. I’m not even mad at them—but the problem got SO BAD and now this is the backlash.

I’m the butt of the fucking industry tanking.

Bro I’m literally drowning here, man.

The People I’m Competing With Aren’t Even Normal

Now the competitors out there?

They aren’t just randoms fumbling around.

These are highly accomplished fuckasses with:

• Bachelors ✅
• Masters ✅
• Probably invented HTML in their sleep ✅
• Over 9999999999999999999+ years of experience ✅

And now multiply that kind of person by 10,000.

There you go. That’s the status of the job grind right now.

It’s absolutely hellish, man. You would not believe.

These people are applying for MID jobs. Like not even great ones. And companies are like:

“Hmm yeah maybe we raise the bar even higher just because we can.”

I’m So Far Past Burnout It’s Not Even Funny

We out here ballin’ and it’s still not enough.

I swear to God I could turn this whole job hunt into an e-sport.

Matter of fact? I’m gonna fund it.

Call it Jobhuntmaxx — with a Team Liquid for Seek tryhards and shit. I’m so done.

I Made a Fucking Spreadsheet

So anyway, I’m trying to track every job I apply to now.

At first, I had this cute little goal:

“I’ll apply to 150 jobs in 3 months. That’s like 50 a month. Doable.”

Bro.

BRO.

With the shit I’m seeing?

There is NO WAY I can find even ONE JOB that will even TRY to interview me at that rate.

Humans are not built to tolerate this kind of shit, man.

This is way beyond humane.

The AI Spiral and Why I Don’t Write Cover Letters Anymore

I used to care.

I used to actually write cover letters, one by one.

Personalized. Thoughtful. Human.

Now it’s just AI, bro.

And you can judge me or commiserate or whatever—but dude.

I’m writing THOUSANDS of these.

How the fuck else am I supposed to survive this?

Sure, quality matters.

But man, look at the other side—the hiring team’s POV.

They gotta read through thousands of resumes and cover letters, too.

You think they’re really reading all that “heartfelt” stuff?

Hell no.

They’re skimming that shit with AI just like we are.

It’s not even a game of humanity anymore—it’s a battle of bots.

And knowing when to back out and let the robot do it?

Yeah, probably the wisest thing I’ve done.

Trying to Stay Sane While Drowning

I’ve got a year and 2 months to make something happen.

Ideally:

• 2 months to get a job
• 1 year to gain experience
• Leverage that into a PR pathway here in Australia

But right now?

I’m praying to every known deity I survive this fucking game.

God help us all.