Tejal Rives, an Amazon product marketer who upskilled in AI and vibe coding to try to protect her job during tech layoffs, was nonetheless laid off in October 2025 as part of a 14,000-person reduction. Although disappointed, she found value in learning prompt engineering, an important AI skill, and now focuses on her career coaching business while advising professionals to reskill in AI to adapt to the changing workforce.
https://www.businessinsider.com/laid-off-amazon-use-ai-protect-job-vibe-coding-lesson-2026-3