How am I supposed to do this? How long should I wait before I put applying as my 2nd priority and get a FT customer service position?! /u/DudeThatsErin CSCQ protests reddit

I got laid off end of October. I have savings for a bit. I live in Austin, TX so jobs are not scarce.

I am seeing SO MANY senior+ positions and very few mid/entry level positions.

I am a front end dev that is making her way to backend. I’d consider myself mid-Front end and entry back end. So that’s what I am applying for.

I make sure I have 30 applications out that I am either following up on or putting out, every weekday. I am heavily using LinkedIn and I have recruiters looking for positions for me as well.

I keep getting denial, after denial, after denial.

Now Zuckerberg (I think – my husband told me this the other day) said he has an AI he believes will replace all his devs within the next year or two. It is what I was expecting but not this soon.

I am 31 years old and I want to start a family, I want to save up for a house, I want a stable career. I feel like I may have lost my chance and now I’m too old. They want people with more experience at my age that I don’t have.

This is weighing on my husband too. He is Autistic and can’t work (look it up – common thing for Autistics) which is fine but that means I have all the burden and I am failing. I feel like I am flailing.

I have a portfolio (that I am willing to share – just not sure if that is allowed here), I am making my own AI (which will be on my portfolio by the end of the month), I have projects, I have some work experience (though I keep getting laid off for reasons that aren’t my own).

I have about 5 years professional and 5 years (collectively) freelance. I’ve been coding since I was 13 (off and on as a hobby until 5 years ago).

I am good with JS, HTML and CSS and SQL. I am learning Python with my Ai and then I have experience with C#, ASP.NET. I plan to learn docker soon and AWS or Azure. I just don’t have the $ for a VPS or server no matter how small cause unemployed.

Anyway, I have experience, I am hardworking, I am trying but failing.

Should I wait until my savings is half depleted (March/April) or until it is 90% gone (summer)? I’m so bored. At least this gives me time to focus on my physical and mental health but I’d rather be making money.

I hate this. I’ve even thought about switching career paths altogether. Nothing provides the financial freedom like IT though. Ughhhh

Any advice is appreciated. If you made it here, thank you. I know I was ranting. I am upset and confused and stressed and disappointed in myself.

I got laid off end of October. I have savings for a bit. I live in Austin, TX so jobs are not scarce.

I am seeing SO MANY senior+ positions and very few mid/entry level positions.

I am a front end dev that is making her way to backend. I’d consider myself mid-Front end and entry back end. So that’s what I am applying for.

I make sure I have 30 applications out that I am either following up on or putting out, every weekday. I am heavily using LinkedIn and I have recruiters looking for positions for me as well.

I keep getting denial, after denial, after denial.

Now Zuckerberg (I think – my husband told me this the other day) said he has an AI he believes will replace all his devs within the next year or two. It is what I was expecting but not this soon.

I am 31 years old and I want to start a family, I want to save up for a house, I want a stable career. I feel like I may have lost my chance and now I’m too old. They want people with more experience at my age that I don’t have.

This is weighing on my husband too. He is Autistic and can’t work (look it up – common thing for Autistics) which is fine but that means I have all the burden and I am failing. I feel like I am flailing.

I have a portfolio (that I am willing to share – just not sure if that is allowed here), I am making my own AI (which will be on my portfolio by the end of the month), I have projects, I have some work experience (though I keep getting laid off for reasons that aren’t my own).

I have about 5 years professional and 5 years (collectively) freelance. I’ve been coding since I was 13 (off and on as a hobby until 5 years ago).

I am good with JS, HTML and CSS and SQL. I am learning Python with my Ai and then I have experience with C#, ASP.NET. I plan to learn docker soon and AWS or Azure. I just don’t have the $ for a VPS or server no matter how small cause unemployed.

Anyway, I have experience, I am hardworking, I am trying but failing.

Should I wait until my savings is half depleted (March/April) or until it is 90% gone (summer)? I’m so bored. At least this gives me time to focus on my physical and mental health but I’d rather be making money.

I hate this. I’ve even thought about switching career paths altogether. Nothing provides the financial freedom like IT though. Ughhhh

Any advice is appreciated. If you made it here, thank you. I know I was ranting. I am upset and confused and stressed and disappointed in myself.