𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸

𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.

Back in 2020, I wrote down my dream job: work remotely on a well-known open source project. I built toward it : freelance contracts, internships, real experience. I felt like I was on track.

Then the AI boom hit. Freelance dried up. Jobs disappeared.

I did what every unemployed engineer does: built SaaS products. Three of them. All failed. Built a mobile app. Also failed.