Tech Job Market

Most of the people in my network are gainfully employed and not having problems getting interviews. It's really strange. Feels like tech market is becoming like the dating app market.

This probably won't sound satisfying but I can give you an honest answer from my own experience since I am seeing a shift in the hiring/interviewing/recruiting process myself.I think the market is a bit wonky at the moment. You have an exodus of talented folks from many tech companies, people competing internationally for remote positions, people using AI on the recruiting side, hiring end, and as applicants who tailor resumes and bot job postings.Weird times.Eventually t

Everything looks normal to me. My employer is hiring (and it's not easy to find candidates either). I just got contacted by a recruiter yesterday (from Uber). Facebook and Google recruiters contact me every few months.

My email has gone from big recruitment finders-fee offers in spring to a drip of single 'seasoned candidate available' contacts in summer to '3 hand picked senior CVs enclosed' this weekIt's possibly going to be hard yards for many people over next few months -- but lots of successful companies were born in such periodsI hope it works out for OP and everyone else impacted -- maybe one will build the next Stripe

Well, when did you last go on the job market?Big Tech made lots of redundancies after covid, and it’s taking a while for the glut of people on the market to find new jobs.Also… this is a slow time of year anyway, isn’t it?

The market is pretty horrible right now, in my experience. Speak to a recruiter and it should be a little easier to find something. I used to have roughly 1/2 of applications leading to interviews and around 3/4 of those leading to offers but this year had a 20 application dry streak. I think the market is pretty flooded with good talent from the large tech companies layoffs and the number of people going through bootcamps for junior positions too.Hoping to get an offer in my final

n = 1 but I'm personally seeing an uptick in recruiter outreach and relevant job postings (producty software eng roles.) I've also been hearing about fewer layoffs or prolonged job searches in my network (my network is mostly experienced devs living in tier 1 tech hub.)

Related from October 2022 "Lowest “Who is hiring?” Post Count in 30 Months" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33083279

You should seek advice from people who are looking for jobs right now, or people who got freshly hired (within the last 2 months). If you listen to people who aren't in the market now then you won't hear anything relevant. Things change, the market moves up and down, if you're not in it then you're disconnected from reality.Reality is - it is not a candidate's market anymore for many reasons. It is early 2017, things have changed since the end of last year. The amount

Related yesterday:Ask HN: Is the job market is bad as everyone claims it is?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39203937