Key Points
Tech companies around the world laid off more than 400,000 workers in 2022 and 2023, according to Layoffs.fyi, a site that tracks job losses across the industry..
The conference, meant to connect and celebrate women in tech, exemplified the desperation workers feel as they try to land jobs after completing computer science-related majors..
And in the tight market, supply of workers is high: Some 780,000 registrations were submitted as of July 31 for this years H-1B visa applications, the visa used by foreign workers to secure tech jobs in the US..
Kimi Kaneshina, a San Diego-based product manager, says her 9-5 is spent applying for jobs, and she is even networking afterward or making videos for TikTok to document her process..
Still, the shift may have brought positive changes to the tech world: People are posting openly about their layoffs on LinkedIn and TikTok and connecting with each other and people employed at desirable companies..
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