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Jacob Zinkula

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
9
Latest publication
Sep 3, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Jacob Zinkula

    Unemployed Americans say they're stuck in a job-hunting nightmare (opens the original)

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    More and more unemployed Americans have been out of work for over six months. Without a recession to blame, some job seekers are struggling to explain why. Some blame AI, age discrimination, or ghost job listings. Others wonder if they're the problem. When Jeremy Spiegel was looking for work in 2009, it was clear why finding a job might be difficult: it was the depths of the Great Recession. But when he lost his director role at a publishing company in 2024, there was no recession to blame. Spie

  2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Jacob Zinkula

    Software engineering is becoming a senior engineer's game (opens the original)

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    Software engineering hiring is rebounding, but not all workers appear to be sharing in the recovery. Nearly 70% of software development postings were for senior-level roles, per recent Indeed data. The AI boom may favor experienced engineers who can direct AI tools and review their work. After years of layoffs, businesses are hiring more software engineers — but the rebound is spread unevenly. As of the first quarter of this year, nearly 70% of US software development job postings on Indeed were

  3. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Jacob Zinkula

    Layoff fears are pushing some visa holders out of Big Tech (opens the original)

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    Some visa holders say Big Tech layoffs have made job security a bigger priority. A layoff can threaten a visa holder's ability to remain and work in the US. Big Tech's pay, career growth, and immigration support remain powerful draws. When Vinit Juneja started as a software engineer at Amazon last year, he knew he might leave one day for a more attractive role. But after watching colleagues lose their jobs during two rounds of layoffs that eliminated roughly 30,000 positions at Amazon, another f

  4. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · jzinkula@insider.com (Jacob Zinkula)

    A former Oracle engineer on an H-1B visa says AI and tech layoffs pushed him into constant career-prep mode (opens the original)

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    A former Oracle engineer says AI and layoffs have raised the stakes for H-1B visa holders. Here's how he's adapting.

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Jacob Zinkula

    A former Oracle engineer on an H-1B visa says AI and tech layoffs pushed him into constant career-prep mode (opens the original)

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    Ayush Raj Jha said he worries about AI's impact on software engineering. Jha said tech layoffs have created "constant fear and uncertainty" for H-1B visa holders. He shared how he's adapting to an evolving software engineering industry. When Ayush Raj Jha moved from India to Illinois in 2018 to pursue a master's degree in computer science, he was optimistic about the future of software engineering. Now, after years of layoffs and the rapid rise of AI, he's worried about the future of his industr

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