Would You Hire Me If You Knew How I Applied?

I got laid off. So I did the most developer thing I could think of — I built an AI-powered job board to run my own job search. SWOT analysis, dynamic resume generation, n8n automations. Here's what I built and what I learned. An Unexpected Opportunity In February, I found out my team was being laid off effective April 1st. That kind of news can land two ways. You can let it be a setback, or you can treat it as a starting gun. I'm not going to pretend there wasn't a moment of pure panic and that my AirPods learned to fly — but honestly, it didn't take long to flip the lens. We're living through one of the most interesting periods in the history of technology. AI is reshaping how work gets done, how products get built, and how people find the next thing they want to work on. I had a runway, a skill set, and — maybe most importantly — some time to actually build something. So I did. My resume hadn't been updated since 2021. Instead of just dusting it off and sending it out, I decided to u