LinkedIn layoff forces technical program manager to restart job search after 13 years in tech

Felisha Case, a technical program manager at LinkedIn, was laid off in May after 13 years working in tech at Amazon, Oracle, Twitter, and LinkedIn. She discovered the news when an unexpected meeting appeared on her calendar - a common signal of termination. Case landed her first tech job in 2013 through an Amazon photographer who was impressed by how quickly she'd planned her wedding. Now job hunting, Case says AI recruiting systems are filtering out candidates before human recruiters see applications, and employers expect experience with AI tools that weren't yet standard when she left. Her experience shows how rapidly the job market is shifting for mid-career tech workers.