Ex-Microsoft Cloud Star Now Expert in Ghosting & Foreclosure
Meet Mody Khan, once a high-flying Microsoft cloud solution architect making six figures, now a financially stressed tech dad in Texas who's spent 9 agonizing months playing job market hide-and-seek since December 2024. Despite 5 years at the software behemoth and flashing a fresh AI certification from UT, Khan's resume encounters more silence than a ghosted Tinder date. After two rounds of layoffs (6,000 in May, 9,000 more in July) amidst the 'Great Flattening' at Microsoft and pals like Google and Amazon, Khan uses his dwindling $10K survival fund to fight off foreclosure — his credit score has nosedived from a respectable 600s to tragic 500s. Oh, and recruiters want Superman, not seasoned cloud architects with Pakistani roots stuck between startup snobbery and subtle bias. Spoiler alert: no severance and zero internal offers from the company he called home, just Kafkaesque stress leading to lottery dreams and a broken relationship with his home office.
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When Microsoft wants a cloud hero but only hires Superman, Mody’s left with a mortgage sequel called 'Foreclosure: The AI Certification Doesn’t Save Me.'
Getting ghosted by recruiters after 5 years at Microsoft is the tech world's version of being dumped via group chat—except your house might get repossessed.
Mody Khan’s job hunt is like trying to sell ice to an Eskimo—while the Eskimo has a punchlist for underperformers and a budget cut hammer.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/1/2025 | Author: Jacob Zinkula
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