After more than two decades working in tech, James Strawn is taking on a very different job as a school bus driver. The Colorado-based former senior software quality engineer at Adobe was laid off in 2025 and spent more than a year looking for another role before deciding to change careers.
Strawn worked at Adobe for about 25 years and also spent several years at Accolade. Reflecting on his prolonged job search in a LinkedIn post, he said he had been 'demoralised and discriminated against by the high-tech industry.'
