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Yep. Those who "work in tech" are in for a rude awakening. Engineers, programmers, hackers on the other hand are gonna be just fine. Same as the past 50 years.

newaccount2023 4y ago
> Engineers, programmers, hackers on the other hand are gonna be just fine and yet this is exactly where the layoffs are happening...AWS, ad tech, twitch
- bagacrap 4y ago
  It's not stated whether the roles are engineering ones or PMs.
- Ankhers 4y ago
  Not necessarily. A lot of people other than engineers work in AWS, ad tech and twitch.
- mrleinad 4y ago
  I don't think layoffs would be a problem in itself. Most likely smaller companies would benefit from the surge in offer and capture those talents. The problem there is that smaller companies are suffering a capital shortage due to the raise of interest rates at the same time, so they have less resources available to capture said talents.
  - aaomidi 4y ago
    So the fed is getting the unemployment it wanted?
- roflyear 4y ago
  There are a ton of non-engineering roles at those divisions ...
- eysquared 4y ago
  AWS has a ton of non-engineering staff. Ad-tech is also sales, marketing, and IMDb. Twitch has a ton on marketing and creator management roles. Its not clear which roles will be eliminated, but I've worked in a few of those groups and I can assure you there is plenty of fat to be trimmed outside of engineering.
- newaccount2023 4y ago
  downvoting me isn't changing the rate of layoffs kids you can't wish this away
roflyear 4y ago
Yeah. This makes me really happy I did not transition to some soft-skill based job. Soft skills are really important, but if all I had going for me right now is "management experience" I'd be more worried.
- siva7 4y ago
  Many of these purely soft-skill based jobs in tech departments are part of some agile enterprise frameworks. Yet i don't have the impression they are fading away.
- aaomidi 4y ago
  I don’t think engineers have been less impacted than managers tbqh.
abudabi123 4y ago
Jensen H looks and sounds tickettyboo and his vision of A.I. meets physical world is spot on when you see SpaceX launch automation removing the majority of human voices out of the loop.

newaccount2023 4y ago

> Engineers, programmers, hackers on the other hand are gonna be just fine and yet this is exactly where the layoffs are happening...AWS, ad tech, twitch

bagacrap 4y ago
It's not stated whether the roles are engineering ones or PMs.
Ankhers 4y ago
Not necessarily. A lot of people other than engineers work in AWS, ad tech and twitch.
mrleinad 4y ago
I don't think layoffs would be a problem in itself. Most likely smaller companies would benefit from the surge in offer and capture those talents. The problem there is that smaller companies are suffering a capital shortage due to the raise of interest rates at the same time, so they have less resources available to capture said talents.
- aaomidi 4y ago
  So the fed is getting the unemployment it wanted?
roflyear 4y ago
There are a ton of non-engineering roles at those divisions ...
eysquared 4y ago
AWS has a ton of non-engineering staff. Ad-tech is also sales, marketing, and IMDb. Twitch has a ton on marketing and creator management roles. Its not clear which roles will be eliminated, but I've worked in a few of those groups and I can assure you there is plenty of fat to be trimmed outside of engineering.
newaccount2023 4y ago
downvoting me isn't changing the rate of layoffs kids you can't wish this away

roflyear 4y ago

Yeah. This makes me really happy I did not transition to some soft-skill based job. Soft skills are really important, but if all I had going for me right now is "management experience" I'd be more worried.

siva7 4y ago
Many of these purely soft-skill based jobs in tech departments are part of some agile enterprise frameworks. Yet i don't have the impression they are fading away.
aaomidi 4y ago
I don’t think engineers have been less impacted than managers tbqh.

abudabi123 4y ago

Jensen H looks and sounds tickettyboo and his vision of A.I. meets physical world is spot on when you see SpaceX launch automation removing the majority of human voices out of the loop.