Dev veteran: worst tech job market ever, 170k layoffs this year plus 60k Microsoft buyouts
ericelliott_ · x · 2026-11-15
Developer Eric Elliott calls this the worst tech job market he has ever seen, citing roughly 170k tech layoffs this year on top of Microsoft's buyout offers to some 60k employees. His verdict: this is not the "tech boom" many assume it is.
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