Tim McLaughlin cheered alongside doctors and nurses at an Oakland, Calif., children’s hospital one evening in late April as his 3-year-old son rang a bell to celebrate major progress with his cancer treatment. The next day, McLaughlin opened his email to find scooter startup Lime had laid him off.
McLaughlin, a 43-year-old Missouri native who found work in the tech industry after taking computer coding classes, is one of the tens of thousands of people who have seen their professional dreams shattered overnight.
