[techperson20007]

Where is the data on "majority of over-hiring was engineering-adjacent roles"?

I keep seeing folks say this but I don't know if it is true. I just looked at some layoff lists from Twitter on layoffs.fyi and the vast majority looked to be Software Engineers of some shape or form.

[ljm]

I think Twitter in that case is a massive outlier because of who acquired it and how.

Layoffs in the companies I personally know about have affected software engineers but have massively affected back-office staff and other business functions.