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Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code
Microsoft's Washington layoffs hit coders hardest as the tech giant embraces AI.
Coders were hit hardest among Microsoft’s 2,000-person layoff in its home state of Washington, Bloomberg reports. Over 40% of the people laid off were in software engineering, making it by far the largest category, Bloomberg found based on state filings. To be fair, coders are a big chunk of Microsoft’s workforce, although it doesn’t disclose the exact proportion.
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