[testfoobar]

Any individual layoff is truly awful.

But at the macro level, it is not really a big number so far. From ~2.48 million in 2023 to ~2.37million now. Or a 5% drop in employment in 3 years.

Fred: All Employees, Computer Systems Design and Related Services (CES6054150001)

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ces6054150001

[bblb]

Interesting stats to look at.

Is "Telecommunications" the only tech that's actually been steadily automating it's workforce since 2000:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES5051700001

edit: or is "Telecommunications" the old school landlines and such, and this is just the effect of the Internet

[defrost]

"Telecommunications" would have to, by any reasonable standard, include Telephonic Communications and the vast switching networks for voice.

Clearly that's a domain that has been automating at the very least since the human operated plug and board switching centres with human operators that answered phones and hand routed calls left the network centres.

[pesus]

You'll need to compare how many job postings there are as well to get the full picture, especially for junior roles. That's one of the most contentious effects and has an outsized impact on society.

[rcpt]

Not much layoffs and they're probably due to the Trump #1 tax hikes on engineering anyway. But you can't say that without getting tariffed. Saying you're using AI is a much safer bet