# Laid off from Oracle. Three months later: three offers in 45 days.

**[WIN]** — by Former Oracle software engineer · via r/cscareerquestions

A software engineer was laid off from Oracle on March 31, 2026. Rather than panic-apply to everything, he spent one to two hours every day studying AI engineering — transformers, attention mechanisms, the architecture behind modern LLMs. He used Claude as a study partner.

He applied to ten to fifteen roles daily, targeting companies actively building AI products. He practised coding problems and system design on a schedule. Forty-five days later, he had three competing offers and accepted an AI engineer position.

His advice to other laid-off engineers: "Don't scatter. Pick the highest-demand niche adjacent to what you already know, go deep, and treat the search like a full-time job. The market rewards specialisation — even in a downturn."

*Source: [r/cscareerquestions · via O Heraldo](https://www.heraldgoa.in/goa/three-offers-in-45-days-ex-oracle-engineer-reveals-job-hunt-strategy-after-layoff/477340/)*
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