A lot of managers still operate under the assumption that software has a "build phase" and a "maintenance phase" and that they can get rid of most developers for the later. Aside from the obvious problems when they still want new features there's a correlation between the head count used to build something and the head count needed to effectively maintain it, 1 person won't be able to handle the enterprise mess that 100 people create.

So I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was engineers being let go a lot of the time. Especially at non software shops where marketing is bringing in money and the engineers are a cost.

Well it kind of does.

They forget the agile cycle moves from maintenance back to development again.

Makes more sense just to offer devs more holiday and less pay.

Yes it was I’m one of the ones affected. I’ve done mobile engineering both iOS and Android for around ~5 years.

If anyone’s looking :)

I'm hiring remote mobile developers. Send me an email and I can send you some details.

Sorry to hear that, hope you find something soon!

If you’re interested in crypto currencies, I know that Coinzoom, based in Holladay, is looking for mobile developers.

That sucks man, and by the way the Ancestry app on Android works quite well even though the small screen doesn't help with that all that info to show up.

All of the various layoffs I’ve been aware of have included a decent number of engineers. Often it is changing direction or giving up on certain products, so entire product teams get let go. Plus, we’re usually the most expensive.