Laid Off Metaverse Engineer Says He Is DoorDashing and Living in a Trailer

A software engineer has revealed that, while he once made six figures at a metaverse company, his recent layoff means he’s been thrust into a life of relative precarity, which involves DoorDashing, selling stuff on eBay, and living in a trailer. Shawn K’s layoff some twelve months ago (his legal name is “K”) has landed him in a situation that, a few years ago, would’ve seemed relatively unheard of for a seasoned software engineer. However, in the age of AI, Shawn worries that his situation may become more normative, as...