Flying back from Dreamforce I have some mixed feelings.

It was undoubtedly a great event but at the same time I saw all these companies with massive layoffs over the course of this year - Accenture, Slalom, Deloitte and Salesforce themselves.

Not sure what’s in store for rest of this year and next year.

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Sometimes to move forward, you have to take few steps backward. These layoffs were result of over hiring remote employees during Covid and the growth in cloud space that came with Covid. This has to happen. Let things settle for couple of years and we should be in good shape.

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You sound like someone who hasn’t had your life wrecked so a CEO won’t get a smaller paycheck.

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IBM also layoffs 😂

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I’m also feeling the same way. I’ve been working in the ecosystem since 2015 but I’m thinking of going back to consulting. It gets old the certifications & such but also it’s like repetitive & I don’t feel so hands on. Initially I loved it because it was new & shiny & now the truth is coming out. I too have a lot of mixed feelings.

What is it that concerned you? Did you expect they'd all stop sending employees to conferences?

Nah.

You cannot afford to be part of the sales conversations during the conference.

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