Some have, some have not. Senior devs I know mostly do have jobs - some have left the industry or gone industry-adjacent (e.g. one engineer I know has gone back and forth to and from casino games several times), but they have work. Mid-level and junior devs are a mixed bag - I'd say about half of the ones I know who were laid off recently are still looking and the other half have found something. Most students and grads I know are still looking for their first job.

I would say that right now, the situation is rough. It is possible to find work, but it is definitely nowhere near as easy as it was in 2021-2022 to get a job offer. My own personal metric is how often I get cold calls from recruiters each month. During good times, I get lots of recruiters reaching out. During bad times, the recruiting calls dry up. Right now it's really cold. It isn't absolute zero today, but we're pretty close.

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