Hacker News with Generative AI: Microsoft Layoffs

Hit hardest in Microsoft layoffs? Developers, product managers, morale (seattletimes.com)
Microsoft’s push for efficiency placed a heavy emphasis on eliminating layers of management, but layoff data from this week showed managers didn’t bear the brunt of job cuts.
Programmers bore brunt of Microsoft layoffs as AI writes up to 30% of its code (techcrunch.com)
Coders were hit hardest among Microsoft’s 2,000-person layoff in its home state of Washington, Bloomberg reports.