> Is this true? Layoffs make the headlines, but the unemployment rate for software engineers seems to be low, at least in the most recent numbers I can find. A

> Is this true? Layoffs make the headlines, but the unemployment rate for software engineers seems to be low, at least in the most recent numbers I can find. Absolutely true. It's the worst I've seen. I'm looking to fill 5 positions at our place and the scene is just sad. People out of work since feb-june of last year, highly senior engineers unable to land interviews because they want fully remote, leads having their work outsourced, heads unable to find head positions and having to settle for senior roles. The worst ones hit are the ones that have spent a decade working in ibm/oracle/vmware stacks, now, due to layoffs, entering this new k8s dominated ecosystem, where they're finding their skillset to be undesired, even by big institutions as those have too begun migrating to k8s/cloud.