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I have seen people in similar circumstances that have enormous personal blind spots for issues that show up in interviews and with past colleagues. It's much easier to blame AI rather than admit or address those. If you have 20 years of experience and no one wants to work with you again, that is telling.

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I've worked primarily with offshore devs. I can't say that's been great for a network and if I'd known how bad of an impact it would have on my professional development due to effectively zero network, I'd have avoided it entirely. Healthcare IT is dominated by offshore so beware.

i got words of encouragement but no one had leads

Consider that that is what most people tell past co-workers who they don't want to refer

You likely need blunt feedback from someone you can trust in the industry

4 or 5 of them told me they were in the same situation, highly regarded people i never thought that could happen to

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