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Ask HN: Has demand for web developers stopped growing?
I noticed on indeed.com trends that the job postings that mentioned Ruby or JavaScript had somewhat leveled off this year.
I still sense that the market for web developers is strong, but has it slowed a bit? What have others observed?
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby&l=
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=javascript&l=
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=%22web+developer%22&l=
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=startup&l=
- techiferous 15y agoClickable links: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=javascript&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=javascript&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=%22web+developer%22&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=%22web+developer%22&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=startup&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=startup&l=
- kls 15y agoNo it has not, November and December are dead months for hiring, hiring explodes in late January and February the fact that it is even close to level in these months is a testament to it's popularity.
- eschutte2 15y agoAs the page you linked to says: '"HTML5" is the #1 job trend - the fastest growing keyword found in online job postings - ahead of "MongoDB" in second place and "iOS" in third place.'
- venturebros 15y agoA scary trend I am noticing is that more and more companies are looking for unicorns (designer/developer) and more people are claiming to be unicorns even though they cannot design their way out of a paper bag. We may end up with websites and web apps that look like 1998 all over again.
- devs1010 15y agocompanies who rely on web ad postings to recruit probably don't have the sharpest management. I think this may be just more a result of the fact that everyone is trying to jump on the bandwagon again and there are some clueless companies that don't know what they are looking for and just decide they need a mythical candidate who can do everything for them. I'd be interested to know if these are real software dev companies or just companies who "need someone to do their website"
- devs1010 15y agoand LOL, best just to move on to the next job posting, after all, unicorns don't exist, no matter how hard some people may want them to
- devs1010 15y agogod indeed.com is awful lately, I've noticed it seems like just about every ad on there is posted by a 3rd party recruiter, I've pretty much given up on posted ads and started looking to get in touch with companies directly. If I'm going to work with a recruiter, I'd rather find one I like rather than just getting in touch with them through a job posting