I planned my wedding in 10 weeks — and it helped me land a Big Tech job. Years later, I'm navigating my first layoff.

Felisha Case was laid off from LinkedIn in May after roughly four years at the company. Felisha Case Felisha Case planned her wedding in 10 weeks, and it helped her land a job at Amazon. Case said personal connections have played a role in every tech job she's landed. Facing her first layoff, she says AI has made her latest job search feel different from past ones. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Felisha Case, a former technical program manager at LinkedIn who was laid off in May. She's 40 and lives in the Denver area. The following has been edited for length and clarity. A week before I was laid off from LinkedIn, a colleague told me he'd heard something was coming. So I waited.