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Preston Fore

Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

Shawn K next to his RV trailer, wearing a hat and holding a laptop. (Credit: Courtesy of Shawn K)

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has predicted that AI will be doing all coding tasks by next year—but an existential crisis is already hitting some software engineers. One man who lost his job last year has had to turn to living in an RV trailer, DoorDashing and selling his household items on eBay to make ends meet, as his once $150k salary has turned to dust.

Tech layoffs are nothing new for Shawn K (his full legal last name is one letter).

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