The rumored “scandal” about Baidu reportedly laying off over ten-year veteran employees by the end of 2026—I stared at it for a long time without saying anything. “N+3” sounds respectable, but when you trade ten years of service for this amount, you can figure it out by calculating it based on pretax pay.
At the same time, I saw someone post that they deleted their BOSS Zhipin profile. They’ve been job hunting since last December; at first there were interviews, but now it’s zero. Put these two together and it feels pretty bleak.
I’m still writing code every day, and I’m also doing regular investing every day. But honestly, seeing things like this makes me not really want to talk about career planning anymore—I just want to make the other leg of my cash flow thicker.
At the same time, I saw someone post that they deleted their BOSS Zhipin profile. They’ve been job hunting since last December; at first there were interviews, but now it’s zero. Put these two together and it feels pretty bleak.
I’m still writing code every day, and I’m also doing regular investing every day. But honestly, seeing things like this makes me not really want to talk about career planning anymore—I just want to make the other leg of my cash flow thicker.