Of course, we’re a very small minority of the total labour market in the world, but we’re the sort of people tech companies generally want to recruit and/or advertise to.
The US is not the world and companies would gladly hire cheap engineers elsewhere when they can (and they will).
> but we’re the sort of people tech companies generally want to recruit and/or advertise to.
Nope.
Companies that have incurred such high operational costs have shifted to hire offshore to cheaper countries instead of hiring expensive employees, especially in an environment where borrowing money and access to capital is now more expensive.
Since X/Twitter is a private company now we don't have half as much insight as we did last year.
But there are a few clear warning signs that the company's ability to build features and maintain existing infra has been significantly degraded. De Santis's botched campaign launch was one such example.
Not to mention their various downtime problems.