I lost my job today, shortly after I came back from vacation, along with a third of the company I was working for. It's absolutely expected because of how the market for AI software is shrinking, or maybe the market is already gone and investors are getting around to noticing.
I was feeling pretty aimless about this earlier today, but I got on my bike and went for a long ride where I explored new places and came home, and now I'm really optimistic. All the things I would have been doing if I had time, now I've got time! And also I don't have to work on AI anymore, which is wonderful, because I am sick of what the field has become.
Sometime I'll be looking for a job again, but that time is not now. I have so many things I want to do that aren't work.