Quiet quitting and loud layoffs

<p>Per <a href="https://layoffs.fyi/">one count</a>, more than 280,000 people were laid off from tech jobs in 2022 and the first two months of 2023.</p><p>What do layoffs have in common with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo1HRGl1CvE&ab_channel=JomaTech">farting at a party</a>? Both are a bad look <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/why-are-layoffs-contagious/673021/">if you’re the only one doing it</a>.</p><p>ICYMI: On <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/01/31/what-do-the-tech-layoffs-really-tell-us-ep-532/">a recent episode</a>, we talked about how these layoffs are reshaping the job market and where to find software engineering roles outside of tech.</p><p>Just laid off, or worried you might be? Cohost Ryan Donovan has <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/12/05/just-laid-off-nervous-about-possible-layoffs-heres-what-to-do/">some advice</a>.</p><p>Connect with Wesley on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesley83/">LinkedIn</a>.</p>