After Brittney Ball was laid off from Meta, she submitted over 8,000 job applications with no luck. She even looked outside of tech, applying to work as a cashier at Target — but she was rejected. "It kind of feels like a humiliation ritual," Ball said. Ball and four other Big Tech workers share their experiences searching for employment after job loss. Some of them have decided to find income in other ways beyond traditional full-time jobs. #BigTech #layoffs #jobsearch #careers #lifelessons