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Marc Kriguer, a software engineer, has lost his job at multiple tech companies. While AI is changing the job market, Kriguer doesn't think it's driving more software engineer layoffs. He says he ...

Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI's coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said "we'll be there in three to six months — where AI is writing 90% of the code." Meta's ...

The tech industry is reeling after a software engineer was exposed as working at several Silicon Valley startups at the same time — and experts say it's a lesson on hustle culture gone too far. Soham ...

Abraham Rubio has wanted to be a software engineer since childhood. On the gaming platform Minecraft, he loved tinkering with “mods,” or alterations to video games created by fans that change elements ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 59-year-old Marc Kriguer, a software engineer who has been laid off multiple times. His employment history has been verified by Business Insider.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tabby Toney, a 37-year-old former software engineer in Oklahoma, about leaving tech for a blue-collar career. It's been edited for length and ...