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The job market is still pretty strong. It was wildly overheated in 2021.
by tootie 4y ago
The job market is still pretty strong. It was wildly overheated in 2021.
- 0zemp1c 4y agosure, if you feel like applying to the companies claiming unfilled positions: Chipotle, Mcd's, Target, Walmart etc
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- sberens 4y agoHm, my tech job tracker[0] shows that it's probably one of the worst hiring markets ever. Where do you see that the market is still strong? [0] https://www.hnhiringtrends.com/ https://www.hnhiringtrends.com/
- capableweb 4y agoThat's a hugely biased source, of course. Assuming you're in the US (as HN is biased in that way, and you're using HN as a source), the unemployment rate seems to hover around ~3.5% for the last year, and it was ~6% two years ago. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- tayo42 4y agoThere's no way tech is big enough to move that number significantly. It's like repeated sf arguments how the city is dominated by software, except even that city is mostly service and finance jobs.
- thehumanmeat 4y agoDec '22 Master's grad + math undergrad here. 4.0 GPA, research + internship experience. 4 months of applications and only 1 interview. Might as well apply to a shredder.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoYou’re doing it wrong. 1 interview means you need to spend more time personalizing yourself to the applications. Start cold messaging people on LinkedIn at the company who went to your alma matter, spam blind, whatever it takes to get a connect at the company.
- Hermitian909 4y agoThe market for mid-level and up is fine. As someone who's pretty good at the interview games and have been trying to help some fresh grads and laid off juniors get hired. It is rough right now.
- ukuina 4y agoAre teams waiting to see if ChatGPT4 can pick up the slack instead of initiating a new job opening?
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- thehumanmeat 4y agoIt really is. I do often reach out and try networking on LinkedIn with no luck. I have connections to quite a few companies I'd love to work for, and no its not FANG, who recommend me often whenever a position pops up, but still no luck.
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- Firmwarrior 4y agoSorry if you're already doing this, but you should focus 100% of your effort on networking, don't bother sending out any applications ever. You need a referral to put your name on the top of the list unless you went to MIT or something Friends, family, family friends, old professors, old professors' friends, online game clan members, etc
- tayo42 4y agoIdk how you think it's strong. Have you actually looked for a tech job in the last few months? One job I interviewed for, they told me they had to turn off the listing because they got too many applicants. There might be jobs if your totally desperate. Some bottom of the barrel jobs are out there. But accepting total comp decreases between 150k to 60k,along with return to office and limited vacation days again doesn't feel strong.
- tootie 4y agoIf you're seeing 150k decrease I can only assume you were getting an exorbitant rate not too long ago. Getting $600k to write REST APIs was an aberration and will probably never come back. You can still earn an upper middle class salary at a financial company or retail very easily.
- tayo42 4y ago300+ total, 180 base. down to mid 100s. Idk why you think Im just writing rest apis. Stuff I worked on and wrote about have been interesting enough to make it to the front page here
- ulfw 4y agoNo it isn't. Please substantiate your claim. I've been unemployed for over half a year. And I am not some inexperienced newb.