11. You're not job hunting. The rules have changed.

Here's a trap. People treat the next job search like the last one, just with more competition. It isn't. You're now searching in a market that AI is actively rewriting, for jobs that AI is actively rewriting, using tools both sides are gaming. Same goal, different game.Know which way the ground is tiltingThe cuts haven't fallen evenly. The roles most exposed to current AI tools, support, content, data entry, routine QA, some junior coding, have been hit hardest. Entry-level software roles for the youngest workers have visibly contracted. Meanwhile demand has stayed strong in places AI can't easily reach: applied AI and infrastructure, anything safety-critical, the skilled trades, work that's deeply human or deeply physical.Remember the rehire point from post two. Around half the companies cutting for AI are expected to backfill by 2027 once the gains prove oversold. Some of these roles aren't gone. They're between owners. That matters for timing and for nerve.The hidden market beats…