Hypothetical: If there was a layoff of 90% of devs in the entire industry, how would it be done? /u/EastCommunication689 CSCQ protests reddit

This isn’t a post about current events or some doom post. It’s purely a hypothetical question that I find interesting.

The scenario: Let’s say some super ceo or tech board is looking at the entire tech industry as a single entity. The situation demands that 90% of the devs are laid off. We want to keep the top 10% developers left in the industry, therefore this can’t be a random chance layoff. How does this get done?

Whatever gets proposed must be realistic: i.e. you can’t administer a nationwide test or contest to select who survives for example.

You’ve got to treat like a regular layoff: extended industry wide.

This isn’t a post about current events or some doom post. It’s purely a hypothetical question that I find interesting.

The scenario: Let’s say some super ceo or tech board is looking at the entire tech industry as a single entity. The situation demands that 90% of the devs are laid off. We want to keep the top 10% developers left in the industry, therefore this can’t be a random chance layoff. How does this get done?

Whatever gets proposed must be realistic: i.e. you can’t administer a nationwide test or contest to select who survives for example.

You’ve got to treat like a regular layoff: extended industry wide.