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Ask HN: When are we going to have a normal tech job market?
I got hired in my first tech role in 2019, and since then I feel so frustrated that the job markets always seem so topsy-turvy. We're either in a hiring freeze, frenzied hiring, or mass layoffs. None of these are good for meaningful lateral career growth. Hiring freezes mean you're stuck, frenzied hiring means you might get hired but not thoughtfully, and mass layoffs even though I wasn't affected are scary.
- PaulHoule 3y agoKarl Marx was hoping to put an end to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cycle Maynard Keynes figured out how to tame it somewhat (now we have a "great recession" instead of a "great depression") It helps a lot that we don't have a gold standard because back then we had the "Panic of 18xx" and "Panic of 19xx" every few years... But we have inflation instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_Unit...
- bell-cot 3y agoSad to say, but - if you really want a "normal" job market, then look for a job repairing municipal water mains. At ~no time has past couple centuries has there been a "normal" job market in whatever was the latest / greatest / fast-changing technology.