Nairobi, Oct. 28 -- Every redundancy announcement eventually leaves the business pages and enters somebody's home. There is a conversation with a spouse, a school fee payment to reconsider, and the difficult question of what comes next.

For people who have spent years building a career in technology, there can also be a quieter doubt: if my role is no longer needed, what does that say about me?

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