Was Bill Gates right about AI takeover? Techie earning Rs 1.28 crore a year loses job to AI, sounds alarm on what’s coming

For years, he thought he had seen it all. A software engineer with over two decades of experience, he had weathered the brutal collapse of 2008 and bounced back quickly. The pandemic hit, and again, he clawed his way back into the tech world within months. But when he lost his job last April, something felt different—quieter, colder, and far more unsettling. This time, the silence wasn’t temporary. The rejections weren’t followed by interviews. And the few interviews he did land? They…