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Is big tech's red-hot jobs market cooling off? Can I keep the monitor and mouse?” a fired tech worker recently asked on Blind, an anonymous social-media platform where techies go to compare notes on employers. As America’s technology giants contend with a looming recession and sliding share prices, many in the industry worry that the sizzling market for tech jobs is cooling. This year listed tech firms worth a combined $3.4trn have announced hiring freezes or firings. The commotion comes after a prolonged boom in the sector. So far redundancies, rather than just hiring freezes, have been largely confined to startups and newly listed firms. Sackings at established tech companies have been modest. Demand for the most prized skills, such as understanding of advanced data science, is so high that people who possess them will be sought out even in a downturn. That will not stop the anxiety level on Blind from staying elevated for a while.