Is the tech industry outside of AI dead? I can't find work to save my life and I'm overqualified for most of the jobs I'm applying to.

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it's not dead but the bar shifted. a lot of roles that used to be standalone now have an implicit AI component baked in. the people i see getting hired fastest aren't necessarily AI specialists, they're the ones who can show they've actually integrated AI tools into real workflows rather than just listing them on a resume

Tech jobs outside AI feel brutal right now, but I wouldn’t assume it’s just the market. A lot of “overqualified” rejections are really resume-to-job mismatch or ATS stuff, not your actual experience level.

I’d start by taking 2-3 job posts you really want and comparing your resume line by line against them. Look for missing keywords, same-sounding bullets, and any weird formatting that could get parsed badly. I had one resume with a nice looking 2-column layout that was basically getting shredded by ATS and I had no clue until I switched it to plain text.

If you’re applying a bunch and getting nothing back, try tailoring the top third of the resume first, not the whole thing. Title, summary, and the last 2-3 bullet points tend to matter way more than people think. Also check if the roles are asking for very specific stack names like Terraform, Kubernetes, React, SOC2, etc, cause those little filters can make a huge diff.

I’ve also seen people sanity-check that kind of mismatch with ResumeJudge or Jobscan before they burn time rewriting everything. What kind of roles are you applying to exactly, and are you seeing the same no-response pattern on posted jobs vs recruiter outreach?

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