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Google laid off 12,000 programmers, Microsoft cut 10,000, Amazon let go of 18,000, and Meta eliminated 15,000 employees.
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50%
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Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
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Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
The Survival Crisis and Transformation Path for Traditional Programmers in the AI Coding Wave
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