At my previous job at a startup on a team of 3 developers, I accounted for 75% of the commits over a 6 month period. Many of these were big multi-week projects (one- and two-way integration with EMRs, or scraping the ones that didn't have an API).
I was the first one they "indefinitely furloughed" when their investor tightened the belt.
When a previous company had a major layoff because of our only client tightening his belt, who got let go? Primarily the people who were paid more than the others, including veteran developers who were simultaneously developing and acting as project managers leading the teams. Only a handful of developers remained.
I was the first one they "indefinitely furloughed" when their investor tightened the belt.