> Rest of World spoke to 18 entrepreneurs, recruiters, and developers in Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay, all of whom acknowledged that the recent layoffs across the

> Rest of World spoke to 18 entrepreneurs, recruiters, and developers in Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay, all of whom acknowledged that the recent layoffs across the tech sector globally haven’t freed up experienced developers for hire by regional companies. Tech companies don't hire and layoff exclusively tech workers. It takes more than engineers to run and grow a company. That is, when we hear X is laying off 15%...that's 15% of all bodies (e.g., marketing, HR, etc.) not all 15% is engineering. Once you start dismissing engineers, you suffer a brain drain. I've seen nothing to indicate that's happening in general). Of course there might be a couple with no choice.