Developers are especially hard to come by. So now here comes the news that HP s laying off 27,000 people or 8% of its workforce.

Already, the word is going out that tech companies want to to talk to the HP developers and engineers looking for work now that the company is laying off 27,000 people or 8% of the workforce.

Here’s what I found on Twitter in a few minutes doing searches:

@adamjodonnell: If any C developers or security experts at HP get laid off tomorrow, contact me. Please RT.

@wanyoni: Not good for HP… worse for their people. If you know any of the software engineers tell them to give me a call. http://t.co/a7H7FJRK

@pinap123: I have a client in Reading , UK who has multiple positions for HP UX engineers. Please contact me if you are interested. These are full tim…

Ironically, those hiring include HP:

@KateAtHP: HP Implementation Engineers across the country needed now! If you know anyone with any HP product implementation experience – consultative …

The HP layoffs are a big gain for HP competitors and the overall market. It is terribly hard on the people but the market is in their favor.

It’s also demonstrative of the shift in power over the next few years as new app developers are people laid off from legacy technology companies.