What happened to all the people who formerly worked in tech?

Its almost common knowledge now that the tech industry has been hit hard since the last several years and getting worse and worse. Its clear that many people simply cannot get a new job in tech despite their best efforts. Where did all these people go?

Many reports say most of them eventually found jobs in different sectors, but this reporting is flawed. It only looks at people who formerly only worked at TECH COMPANIES AND IN TECH ROLES, and moving to other TECH ROLES at non tech companies. However, the damage to tech is for TECH ROLES, not TECH COMPANIES. Anyone that formerly worked in TECH ROLES at at any company are now struggling.

Sure, some probably eventually found a new similar job but I think theres been alot of pain and struggle for alot of people who didnt manage to find a new tech job. Did all these people just drop out of the labor force or switched to a completely different career? Why do we never hear about them?