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title: "Not everyone is winning the AI goldrush — Silicon Valley techies have gone from $350K salaries to begging for jobs"
description: "A former Amazon machine-learning PhD reports 120 job applications without an offer, illustrating that the AI boom has not lifted all tech workers' job prospects."
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section: "Work"
author: "Josh Alley"
author_url: "https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley"
published: "2026-10-10T20:41:58.533Z"
updated: "2026-10-10T20:41:58.533Z"
canonical: "https://hastalavista.ai/work/not-everyone-is-winning-the-ai-goldrush-silicon-valley-techies-have-gone-from-35"
source_url: "https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/tech/silicon-valley-techies-go-from-350k-salaries-to-begging-for-jobs/"
source_name: "New York Post"
archive_url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20261006121442/https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/tech/silicon-valley-techies-go-from-350k-salaries-to-begging-for-jobs/"
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# Not everyone is winning the AI goldrush — Silicon Valley techies have gone from $350K salaries to begging for jobs

*A former Amazon machine-learning PhD reports 120 job applications without an offer, illustrating that the AI boom has not lifted all tech workers' job prospects.*

By [Josh Alley](https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley) · October 10, 2026

Source: [Not everyone is winning the AI goldrush — Silicon Valley techies have gone from $350K salaries to begging for jobs](https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/tech/silicon-valley-techies-go-from-350k-salaries-to-begging-for-jobs/) — New York Post