25-year Adobe veteran gives up tech job hunt after year of rejections
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- A Senior Software Quality Engineer laid off from Adobe in August 2025 abandoned his tech job search after more than a year of filtered applications, ghosting recruiters and cancelled interviews.
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- /g/109573834 ↗ live · archive despairing breaking 282 replies A Senior Software Quality Engineer laid off from Adobe in August 2025 abandoned his tech job search after more than a year of filtered applications, ghosting recruiters and cancelled interviews.
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