Fear of might get laid off from a startup tomorrow, IDK what to do!
Hi,
So I am currently working as a Software Developer with 2 years of experience in a startup which I joined 6 months ago.
Previously I worked at a WITCH company and there the development was slow and my usage of LLM was like 30% and rest was coding due to client's security concern and also the free token limit.
When I switched in this startup I thought I would have a similar journey like this and might learn more but here they expect me to deliver a feature with end to end testing in a day and with that guide juniors. After some review calls with my Lead that I am working too slow and i am performing below expectations I took the steps to use the LLM as much as possible and also delivered the feature in time and tried helping my juniors in understanding flow of code or anything but they are still not satisfied with that.
Idk but I might get laid off tomorrow.
Yes this was expected since a month ago but I really gave 100% to this job to not be able to see this day.
But in this process I learnt some tech like Docker, AWS but also forgot how to write a basic code since I mostly vibe coded it and understood the flow.
Currently I am 0 in DSA as I last did that 1 year ago. I don't know System Design. Don't have any knowledge on AI/ML deep level or have made any projects on AI.
Since the market is brutal idk if I will be able to get another job.
Please help me out or guide me what should I do? I want to work in Anthropic, OpenAI, Nvidia, Netflix, or any other famous firm.
But problem is i don't have time to prepare. I don't have a mentor or guide.
I just have some knowledge on backend frameworks like Spring Boot, Django and databases MySQL.