An engineer with 25 years at Adobe is laid off and later takes a job as a school bus driver. Multiple outlets report that after his dismissal, he spends more than a year looking for new work in the technology industry before choosing a different career path.
According to reports, he accepts a position with his local school district as a bus driver. Outlets describe the decision as a shift away from computer-based work, noting that the new job comes with lower pay than his prior role. One outlet identifies him as James Strawn in Colorado. Across coverage, the common focus is the difficulty experienced by long-tenured tech workers in finding similar employment in the current job market, and his account of finding satisfaction in the new work.
While the articles largely share the same timeline—layoff, extended job search, then a school bus role—they differ mainly in how much personal commentary they include, such as his framing of the move as “new beginnings.”
