Ask HN: What to do instead of giving up on tech

I was fired from the fintech I used to work for last November, being a senior site reliability engineer. I was already pretty unmotivated about working in tech since ChatGPT appeared, and the emotional burden of being fired just made things worse. Even though I love computers and computer science (and infrastructure, my area of expertise), I grew to hate the tech market so much. Nothing I did seemed to bring me any joy or brainfood and nothing I did seemed good enough.

Finding a job is very bad. The first months I had only rejections, some didn’t even mask that were made by AIs (one day I applied on a Friday night and got a rejection on Saturday morning).

When January started, I started to land the first interviews, some on FAANG companies. Even though I applied for jobs more related to infrastructure, they still required Leetcode-like interviews, which is odd. I failed some of them, but aced one that was more infrastructure related. However, even though I aced it and went pretty well, I still wasn’t chosen for their opening (they probably had very limited openings).

I know there are lots of threads here asking “is the market bad right now”, but I wanted to read your thoughts on the market right now, the impact of AIs in hiring (I dislike using AIs for mostly anything, I’m not sure if I’m on a disadvantage for having a resume written by myself or not) and if any of you have lost hope on continuing in tech.