Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career

2026-01-30 · 50 min · 14 entities

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Link in episode "Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career": https://developing.dev/p/laid-off-from-big-tech-after-25-years
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Link in episode "Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career": https://youtube.com/@AsianDadEnergy
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Link in episode "Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career": https://developing.dev/
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Link in episode "Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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Link in episode "Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career": https://youtu.be/8bs6KmJX4_g
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Link in episode "Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career": https://developing.dev/p/laid-off-from-big-tech-after-25-years
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In this episode, I talked to "Asian Dad Energy" an anonymous big techie who was laid off after 25 years in the industry. We discussed his layoffs experience, his early career in engineering consulting, and the realities of big tech compensation. 🔸 My keyboard project link: https://read.compose.llc/p/our-keyboard-design-reveal 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • YouTube: https://youtu.be/8bs6KmJX4_g • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ApCuf04MXv0nBRqKNLyiQ?si=bko-M46xQM2FHhTG6Vcy6Q • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/laid-off-from-big-tech-after-25-years 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:41 - His layoff story 00:07:02 - Why he expects more layoffs 00:09:42 - Tech consulting before big tech 00:19:25 - Consultants shipping bad code? 00:26:57 - Why do people dislike consultants? 00:30:55 - Big tech compensation 00:40:27 - When age impacted his flexibility 00:42:04 - Why YouTube 00:46:46 - Speaking advice for engineers 00:49:09 - Advice for younger self 00:49:35 - Outro 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺: • https://www.youtube.com/@AsianDadEnergy 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻: • Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/ • Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman