Tech companies employ a lot of people that are not doing software development or technical roles. Think of your typical SAG (sales, administrative, general) whi

Tech companies employ a lot of people that are not doing software development or technical roles. Think of your typical SAG (sales, administrative, general) which would include departments like HR, finance, sales, facilities, legal, etc. Seeing multiple Fortune 500 layoffs firsthand (and surviving), those departments are typically the first targets. As a company you don't want to target your core products/features in a layoff too much because that wouldn't be effective. Those roles are general in the sense that someone doing internal book-keeping can do that at any company in the US. Quick aside: is a project manager a tech role or general? I've seen PMs as general as you can get as well as very technical PMs. The size of the Tech job market is small as part of the overall US economy and AI, as much press as it gets in tech circles, is probably useless in any physical on-site job like nursing or construction or automotive repair.