How to Keep Your Shit Together in 2025 as a Software Developer (When the Job Market is Trash)?

Short answer? I dunno.

Long answer? Let’s talk about it.

The Battlefield of Software Development

Right now, developers are struggling like crazy just to land a decent job. The market is brutal, and everyone’s handling it in different ways:

⚡ The LeetCode Warriors – Grinding LeetCode like it’s their religion, submitting thousands of job applications, fighting in gladiator-style coding interviews, and getting rejected over and over until they land a win.

⚡ The ML Believers – Fully convinced that everything will be Machine Learning, so they’ve ditched software development altogether, betting everything on Python, TensorFlow, and whatever AI hype train is running this month.

⚡ The Startup Dreamers – Trying to build their own SaaS, products, and services, hoping to make it big. But reality hits hard when nobody buys their shit, and they slowly bleed out in silence.

⚡ The Silent Survivors – Sticking to their current full-time jobs, keeping their heads down, no sudden moves, no career revolutions—just playing it safe.

I think I fall into this last category. Haha, fuck.

Would I Change Jobs? Hell Yeah.

I mean, who wouldn’t take a 30% salary bump?

But let’s be honest:
💀 The market is garbage.
💀 The hiring process is hell.
💀 Companies are squeezing employees dry.

They’re making people jump through 5–6 rounds of interviews for tiny-ass startups with 15–30 employees.

And why? Probably out of revenge for the mass resignations during COVID when developers dipped for better offers.

I get it. But also—fuck them.

So, What’s My Plan?

Honestly, I’ve asked myself this question a thousand times. But here’s where I think I’m heading (this might change, because, well… life):

✅ Keep Growing My YouTube Channel – I love making content about tech & programming.
✅ Keep Writing This Blog – Maybe I love writing even more than YouTube?
✅ Keep Posting & Engaging on Socials – Threads has been pretty cool, so I’ll keep using it.
✅ Level Up My Tech Skills – Learning NodeJS, Python + PyTorch (yes, a slice of ML—just in case).
✅ Keep My Full-Time Job & Learn From It – No point in making dumb moves in a bad market.
✅ Enjoy Life. – Because you never know when it’s gonna stop.

A Tiny Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Btw… The tech job market in Q1 2025 feels slightly better than last year.

Is this the start of a real recovery? Maybe.

Let’s fucking hope so.