Lucas Voron had visions of the nation’s glittering tech giants – Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook owner Meta – locked in a bidding war for his talents when he graduates from Santa Clara University next month.
“That is the dream scenario,” says Voron, a computer science and engineering major who wants to be a software developer.
But the big four, among other tech companies, have laid off more than 350,000 workers since early last year and none responded favorably to his job application.