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The Morale of Tech Workers Is Plunging as Layoffs Mount

• bookofjoe 6mo ago
  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/tech-layoffs-blind.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lFA.akJV.RPJht7c1wivI&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/tech-layoffs-bli...
• ungreased0675 6mo ago
  Imagine how people in less lucrative occupations feel. Some perspective is always nice.
  • downrightmike 6mo ago
    STEM was the hope and yeah, that was a gaslight too
    • ChicknNuggt 6mo ago
      Yea, STEM used to be the safe bet. Now even that is also wonky
      • burnt-resistor 5mo ago
        I think I'd like to go into industrial or commercial HVAC or electrical. Coding or any sort of office job for a corporation just seems perpetually risky post LLM.
        • downrightmike 5mo ago
          Cool, let us know how it goes. Maybe you'll get in a program before they up the tuition to the sky
  • JumpCrisscross 6mo ago
    > Imagine how people in less lucrative occupations feel To be fair, SWEs are facing a unique concentration of employment and wage-growth headwinds at the median.
• 1vuio0pswjnm7 6mo ago
  Note these two URLs in the article https://8cmbykf0.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.teamblind.com%2Fpost%2Fare-layoffs-making-everyone-lick-the-boot-ywvu8pui/1/0100019dfedd1511-60c2b3eb-0b3a-4059-a005-fd0397aac6b8-000000/NFogdXMm3MoZCFnXjM-7Qvk85hg=473 https://8cmbykf0.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.... https://8cmbykf0.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.teamblind.com%2Fpost%2Fits-been-2-years-since-i-was-laid-off-no-offer-still-blktkf00/1/0100019dfedd1511-60c2b3eb-0b3a-4059-a005-fd0397aac6b8-000000/X5cm5oqXBa1PI5mm55mfP-aohYs=473 https://8cmbykf0.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.... What's with the awstrack.me prefix Is someone tracking who follows these URLs pointing to Blind threads