I think for the most part the layoffs in software are layoffs because of uncertainty, not because of technology. They are being justified after the fact with te

I think for the most part the layoffs in software are layoffs because of uncertainty, not because of technology. They are being justified after the fact with technobabble. If there wasn’t economic uncertainty companies would gladly accept the extra productivity. Think about it this way: five years ago plenty of companies hired more SWEs to increase productivity, gladly accepting additional cost. So it’s not about cost imo. I might be wrong, but perhaps a useful way to look at all of this is to ignore stated reasons for layoffs and look at the companies themselves.