How you guys are handling..

[terminator_desi]

  On 2/16/2025 at 5:44 PM, Undilaemanchikalam said:

Bayya.. everyone has 6 to 12 months of emergency available, moreover severance and RSUs can help them to survive another 6 to 12 months. Problem is not about money, it is about how to find a role in 60 days, and the pressure about the investments made here and kids education. If we have to go back we have to go by choice not as a failure. 

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Sorry to say bro you are already doomed .you are out of hands on technical experience since many years and now you have to compete with thousands of H1b folks for technical jobs with folks already currently in hands on technical position and with AI revolution companies are targeting managers and directors for layoff and it will be hard to get managerial position.better start changing your mindset to go back to india

[DonnyStrumpet]

People with mere managerial outlook are really struggling everywhere. Even Harvard MBAs are struggling  to find jobs these days. Future of software industry is bleak.
 

It’s better to realize this reality sooner than later. 

[Pahelwan4]

  On 2/16/2025 at 5:21 PM, Undilaemanchikalam said:

Na friend circle lo most of them came to US 15+ years ago. None of them received green card and all of them has 2014-2016 priority dates. As time progressed most of us progressed including me to senior manager to senior director roles. E last 5 years lo most of them bought good single family homes and some 1-3 investment homes too, some got appreciated and some got depreciated.

Some were able to get good returns in stock market and some lost almost $100 to 200k. Everyone took it maturely and handled losses or gains equally and we never had concerns about finding new roles due to technical and leadership skills. Idhi kakapothe inkoti annatu unde.. But in the last 3 months I am noticing this. 
 

1. anxiety for everyone is increased.

2. Every one including me has become low energy, impatient and health being impacted 

3. fear of loosing job is increasing due to the instability. Evarni adigina oka 3 months okay, 6 months okay antunaru kani nobody is saying we are okay for this year or next year. Full time has become more like contracting 

4. concern about can we get a new role in 60 days since all of them are in leadership roles and getting jobs in leadership roles is time taking and most of them do not offer h1 transfer. Finding contract roles is difficult because of the leadership roles experience in last 5 years.

5. fear about losses or difficulties in selling primary home and investment homes if we have to go back

6. thinking about kids future

living in India or US is a personal Personal choice but the problem here is 60 days rule is making everyone anxious and stressed. LinkedIn open cheyali antae bayam veysthundhi, too many people in market and since we are in leadership roles we get atleast 2-3 requests each week asking for any open roles. Every weekend idhae discussion from past 10 to 12 weeks. Everyone is tired, and stressed, coz it took long to built this career and thought this is the place where we can raise our kids, we expand our careers, we made good friends and relationships but day by day it’s getting worst reading social media or news about how unstable place US has become. Just wondering how are you handling it?

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All the leadership roles should go away. No use with them. Only smart and developers are needed going forward. 

[DonnyStrumpet]

  On 2/16/2025 at 8:35 PM, Pahelwan4 said:

All the leadership roles should go away. No use with them. Only smart and developers are needed going forward. 

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Musk already propogating that. Managers are a joke. Machines/AI  will make decisions based on underlying data. It also removes the probability of human error.. Companies are ready to implement them soon. 

[Kootami]

  On 2/16/2025 at 5:44 PM, Undilaemanchikalam said:

Bayya.. everyone has 6 to 12 months of emergency available, moreover severance and RSUs can help them to survive another 6 to 12 months. Problem is not about money, it is about how to find a role in 60 days, and the pressure about the investments made here and kids education. If we have to go back we have to go by choice not as a failure. 

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Switch to consulting and run payroll if u cant find fte in 60 days .....

[Ravi860]

2015/2016 lo GC ki wait chesevallu huge numbers lo unnaru. Hope are lost already unless some miracle happen and get ead ayina in next 10years. Till then survival mode but by that time age of these uncles will be around 45. Inka apudu asalu oopu undadu life paina. Inka new kids ki citizenship kuda poyela undi. American dream almost ended.

inka recent grads ayithe.. mooskuni India velli settle avvadam best anta. But no one will go.. one has to go through this cycle to understand pain. Last 4 years lo ayithe pamphlets la pancharu f1..  

[aratipandu]

  On 2/16/2025 at 9:53 PM, Kootami said:

Switch to consulting and run payroll if u cant find fte in 60 days .....

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Idhe andharu chesedhi chivaraki...DB loki occhi just crying for some odarpu anthe..

[aratipandu]

  On 2/16/2025 at 10:00 PM, Ravi860 said:

2015/2016 lo GC ki wait chesevallu huge numbers lo unnaru. Hope are lost already unless some miracle happen and get ead ayina in next 10years. Till then survival mode but by that time age of these uncles will be around 45. Inka apudu asalu oopu undadu life paina. Inka new kids ki citizenship kuda poyela undi. American dream almost ended.

inka recent grads ayithe.. mooskuni India velli settle avvadam best anta. But no one will go.. one has to go through this cycle to understand pain. Last 4 years lo ayithe pamphlets la pencharu f1..  

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Mid 2016 PD anna...bongu kani hopes levu naak aythe

[Ravi860]

  On 2/16/2025 at 10:09 PM, aratipandu said:

Mid 2016 PD anna...bongu kani hopes levu naak aythe

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Mid 2015 ikkada.. doesn’t matter le. Ea raayi ayithe emundi 

 

[kevinUsa]

  On 2/16/2025 at 6:56 PM, Moon_Walker said:

Same boat stuck to IC/Architect despite getting Director or People Manager role

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I thought u Re shitezen 

[aratipandu]

  On 2/16/2025 at 10:24 PM, kevinUsa said:

I thought u Re shitezen 

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what about Kanada shitezens?? how's job security there?

[kevinUsa]

  On 2/16/2025 at 10:26 PM, aratipandu said:

what about Kanada shitezens?? how's job security there?

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No job but if u don't have job u can get welfare from govt..

 

[Moon_Walker]

  On 2/16/2025 at 10:24 PM, kevinUsa said:

I thought u Re shitezen 

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GC

[Kootami]

  On 2/16/2025 at 10:00 PM, Ravi860 said:

2015/2016 lo GC ki wait chesevallu huge numbers lo unnaru. Hope are lost already unless some miracle happen and get ead ayina in next 10years. Till then survival mode but by that time age of these uncles will be around 45. Inka apudu asalu oopu undadu life paina. Inka new kids ki citizenship kuda poyela undi. American dream almost ended.

inka recent grads ayithe.. mooskuni India velli settle avvadam best anta. But no one will go.. one has to go through this cycle to understand pain. Last 4 years lo ayithe pamphlets la pancharu f1..  

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No worries mine is mid 2015 ,if it come it comes otherwise my kids will apply he is 7 now ..max inko 3 h1 extensions 

[bankris]

Early 2015 ikkada... last time Dec 2014 varaku vachindhi.. I almost got every document ready anticipating my date will come and suddenly retrogressed.. Yevariki cheppali..

anyway, I'm also againt being a people manager.. Rejected all those offers since 2012.. I like to be as IC / or in Architect role. Atleast I don't lose technical capabilities...

Even till date I keep doing leetcode and DS problems in Python.. just as fun ...