{"id":284,"date":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duckpi.com\/software\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:06:09","slug":"amazon-layoffs-day-in-the-life-of-remote-software-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duckpi.com\/software\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Layoffs | Day in the life of Remote Software Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jvh-AYxkW-I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching the video!!!!<br \/>\nThis was my first real tech layoff round as an Amazon software engineer and it was awful. 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