> I'd hate to be looking for a software engineering job right now Why? These Cisco lay-offs are hardware engineering related and the other ones are not nearly

> I'd hate to be looking for a software engineering job right now Why? These Cisco lay-offs are hardware engineering related and the other ones are not nearly as big and are pretty typical (unfortunately). Software engineering is not only in HUGE demand but it's growing incredibly quickly. I have no idea how the hardware engineering space is behaving but software is off the charts.