4 ms·

I wish you could also see raw values of those posts, some things I could not draw a conclusion from it. Example: Rails took a huge percentage hit (-12%), still

by jampa 9y ago

I wish you could also see raw values of those posts, some things I could not draw a conclusion from it. Example: Rails took a huge percentage hit (-12%), still node.js only got up (+3%), so is web jobs disappearing? or new jobs being created and the market expanding (Machine learning & AI)? Node is going up, React is going up, but Javascript in going down... what gives?

benjyclay 9y ago
Javascript going down could just be a case that the job posters are assuming for all the JS libraries (node.js/React) that you know JS and not posting it in their Ad. I don't think that the rails hit, is the result of fewer web jobs. I think it's more a case of the web is transitioning into more JS led architecture.
- amw-zero 9y ago
  APIs are even more important for SPAs. It's not like more rich JS front ends obviate the backend.
  - benjyclay 9y ago
    using node.js, your backend can be JS
mountaineer 9y ago
Author here, the Rails drop was a strange one, since it just had a strong June, from 85 postings in June to 59 in July with similar total posting counts in both months. From what I've seen over the years, month to month changes can be hard to explain, so will see if it becomes a trend. The raw data used for the chart is available in the GitHub repo or in the JS file. * https://www.hntrends.com/data/data-20170702.js https://www.hntrends.com/data/data-20170702.js * https://github.com/ryanwi/hiringtrends/blob/master/web/data/ https://github.com/ryanwi/hiringtrends/blob/master/web/data/
myth_drannon 9y ago
I noticed the same trend on StackOverflow careers, it's down about the same percentage comparing to a year ago. Rails is not as exciting anymore. Ruby meetups in my city(Montreal) have less attendants than the new Elixir meetup. http://www.reallyhyped.com/?keywords=ruby%2Cruby-on-rails http://www.reallyhyped.com/?keywords=ruby%2Cruby-on-rails

by jampa 9y ago

benjyclay 9y ago

Javascript going down could just be a case that the job posters are assuming for all the JS libraries (node.js/React) that you know JS and not posting it in their Ad. I don't think that the rails hit, is the result of fewer web jobs. I think it's more a case of the web is transitioning into more JS led architecture.

amw-zero 9y ago
APIs are even more important for SPAs. It's not like more rich JS front ends obviate the backend.
- benjyclay 9y ago
  using node.js, your backend can be JS

mountaineer 9y ago

Author here, the Rails drop was a strange one, since it just had a strong June, from 85 postings in June to 59 in July with similar total posting counts in both months. From what I've seen over the years, month to month changes can be hard to explain, so will see if it becomes a trend. The raw data used for the chart is available in the GitHub repo or in the JS file. * https://www.hntrends.com/data/data-20170702.js https://www.hntrends.com/data/data-20170702.js * https://github.com/ryanwi/hiringtrends/blob/master/web/data/ https://github.com/ryanwi/hiringtrends/blob/master/web/data/

myth_drannon 9y ago

I noticed the same trend on StackOverflow careers, it's down about the same percentage comparing to a year ago. Rails is not as exciting anymore. Ruby meetups in my city(Montreal) have less attendants than the new Elixir meetup. http://www.reallyhyped.com/?keywords=ruby%2Cruby-on-rails http://www.reallyhyped.com/?keywords=ruby%2Cruby-on-rails