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Why being laid off can help you be a better manager

After a heavy year with multiple waves of layoffs across the tech industry, Chris Jimenez talks about how engineers can learn from their personal experience and better navigate the current landscape.
November 09, 2023

After a heavy year with multiple waves of layoffs across the tech industry, Chris Jimenez talks about how engineers can learn from their personal experience and better navigate the current landscape.

Significant waves of layoffs have been a near constant across the tech industry this year. Although these have been difficult for everyone involved, there are at least some lessons to be learned when going through this process.  

Ahead of his talk at LeadDev Berlin, director of platform engineering at Zenjob, Chris Jimenez (CJ), talked to LeadDev’s Scott Carey (SC) about how to deal with layoffs in your team.

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