Ex-$500k/year engineer with 28 years experience says he now lives in his car
ericelliott_ · x · 2026-10-30
A veteran engineer with 28 years of experience, three technical books, and AI work dating to the 1990s says he earned $500k/year three years ago — and today is homeless, living in his car, unable to find a job. He frames his story as "a warning about the future of work," sparking discussion about the senior-engineer job crunch amid layoffs and AI disruption.
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