Unpredictable churn from layoffs is probably bad, but I view churn in general as an almost necessary thing for software dev. Every great thing I've done on a SW

Unpredictable churn from layoffs is probably bad, but I view churn in general as an almost necessary thing for software dev. Every great thing I've done on a SWE team has been something the previous person in my position wouldn't do, and every bad thing I've done was redone by someone after me. The truly well-designed and maintainable systems survive multiple owners, so there's a trend towards better. And it's a bad sign for a system to rely on someone.