I Quit My Job. AI Helped Me Land a New One Within a Month. – Business Insider

Prabakar enlisted ChatGPT to help find a new software engineering job. Courtesy of Rathesh Prabakar This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rathesh Prabakar, 26, who lives in Bengaluru, India. The following has been edited for length and clarity. After over four years in my tech job, I was getting bored doing the same tasks, sitting in the same place. I started working at a billing company after college in 2021. During my time there, I worked my way up to senior software engineer. I wanted to explore different businesses and learn how other industries solved user problems, so after thinking about leaving for a few months, in October 2025, I handed in my notice. I was helping to support my parents financially at the time, and told them I felt I’d stand a better chance at getting a new job after quitting, so my notice period wouldn’t delay my start date. They were OK with me taking the risk. In an environment where it seemed AI was replacing roles and companies weren’t hiring that vigorously, I was scared that I didn’t have a job lined up, but I also knew I had nearly 4½ years of experience
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