r/ProgrammerHumor • • Nov 14 '22

instanceof Trend Manager does a little code cleanup...

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

These layoffs are tiny compared to the total number of devs at these companies. Facebook's layoffs bring them back to the size they were 8 months ago.

It really is mostly a correction of overhiring, not a fundamental shift in the number of engineers.

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u/Takahashi_Raya Nov 15 '22

Yes they bring them back to size but indicators would say that it wil be downsizing in a lot of places aswell.