There are more jobs, but also a lot more weird stuff is thrown in. Overall, the industry treats it like hiring a single bad engineer will singlehandedly and ine

There are more jobs, but also a lot more weird stuff is thrown in. Overall, the industry treats it like hiring a single bad engineer will singlehandedly and inevitably sink your entire company. And the "boring" jobs copy their recruiting practices from the FAANG companies. So you have a 5 round interview that could ghost you any time. The current problem is that huge numbers of companies are in a hiring freeze, but still posting jobs on job boards, so you have to submit countless resumes to get a human to contact you. So yes, there are a lot more jobs available, but every step seems designed to discourage and frustrate job seekers.