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Microsoft Layoffs Hit Coders Hardest With AI Costs on the Rise

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-14/microsoft-layoffs-hit-software-engineers-as-industry-touts-ai-savings?embedded-checkout=true

Many IT folks were in denial for a long time, but the reality is here. No job is safe from AI, driven by corporate greed. All you can do is save as much as possible and hope they don’t lay off you. Microsoft plans to replace as many as 30% of its jobs by 2026 and use AI to write software. It is all about cutting costs.