Earlier this month, I shared my predictions about tech layoffs changing the risk/reward dynamic in favor of entrepreneurship. Today, Microsoft announced that it’s reducing headcount by 10,000 people through Q3 2023. This is on top of other sizeable layoffs announced in the last few months by Amazon, Salesforce, and Facebook.

As more tech workers capable of building products are laid off, the risk/reward calculation tilts more in favor of entrepreneurship for some of them. This could be the year that many of these people bet on themselves.