Getting a job in Silicon Valley is so cutthroat that some ambitious unemployed twenty‑somethings are literally hand‑delivering donut boxes stuffed with their résumés to founders’ front desks, hoping it will make them stand out for the hottest tech roles. But that’s nothing new, says Dan Rogers, the new CEO of the $1.8 billion workflow software company Asana.
Although Gen Zers are facing layoffs, hiring freezes, and AI anxiety at an unprecedented rate, landing a job at the HQs of Apple, Meta, and Alphabet “has always been a long shot,” Rogers warns.
