Laid-off tech workers advised to sell plasma, personal belongings to survive

&gt; <i>When Nexica applied for a nonprofit recruiting job, she found that 1,400 people had applied already — and for significantly less money than the role usually pays. Instead of a salary of around $125,000, this one was offering between $80,000 and $90,000.</i><p>Wow, 80 to 90K USD for a recruiter? In a non-profit?<p>The entitlement here is incredible.

Something the article doesn&#x27;t touch on (which I&#x27;ve experienced after going through the AWS grinder)<p>Everything on LinkedIn is just <i>flooded</i> with junk resumes. Every single IT position will invariably have &quot;see how you compare to 500+ applicants!&quot; in it<p>Is LinkedIn just overrun with bots?<p>Is it people from overseas trying to get on the H1B train?<p>Did the years of &quot;learn to code!&quot; just flood the market with kids who desperately want a &quot;tech job&quot; to escape the crushing reality of capitalism?<p>Does the public (government) sector suffer from this same kind of &#x27;applicant stuffing&#x27; problem? I&#x27;d gladly take a pay cut if it meant I could simply go work somewhere in peace until I&#x27;m old enough to retire. I&#x27;m sick of ping-ponging around<p>I&#x27;d gotten so desperate I even shared my resume on Reddit the other week. It&#x27;s exhausting

There was not a single example of someone actually selling plasma, personal belongings, or living in their car to survive. The Bay Area technology sector has a huge variety of &quot;tech jobs&quot;. The ones mentioned here are tech adjacent. Also, these folks would be in high demand in other locations because of their experience. Their decision to stay and compete in a saturated market doesn&#x27;t make them &quot;poor&quot;. I&#x27;m sure they are genuinely discouraged, but they have a wide array of viable options that vast parts of the world have no access to.

Are those all layoffs in SF? That could be what, millions lost entering the economy in SF per month, and the yearly taxes on top.