The summarized experience of my social network (in USA!) is that for relatively junior labor (1-5yoe), across many job types dev and not dev, startups are hirin

The summarized experience of my social network (in USA!) is that for relatively junior labor (1-5yoe), across many job types dev and not dev, startups are hiring and big firms aren't, and in between there is some mixture . Essentially, don't expect an offer from a firm that just did layoffs, and do expect tougher competition at smaller firms during interview loops, but there are jobs available. Just my two cents.