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Our sources reveal that the anticipated 700 layoffs have already started at Yahoo. After  posting falling results for Q1  a week ago, shiny new CEO Carol Bartz indicated this round of layoffs was on the way. We are also hearing that some of the layoffs can only be described as “shocking”. Expected to be around 700 employees, we are told the actual number is around 600.  Most of the affected are being notified during the day, Wednesday April 29th, while some traveling employees have already recieved notice while still on the road. 

mentioned this before, but it seems like good technical folks are in high demand here — even in this economy, where things have shifted into layoff mode. Today, high profile music startup Topspin–located in Santa Monica–said it is looking for a  VP of Engineering for the 25 people in its engineering team (Topspin Media is the Redpoint and Foundry-backed music startup headed by former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, who we interviewed a few months ago). Still worried about your job in this economy? Don’t worry, if you’re a good software engineer