All of the BigTech companies are still hiring - just in lower numbers. But so are the non BigTech companies. So if you are looking at a smaller pool either wa

All of the BigTech companies are still hiring - just in lower numbers. But so are the non BigTech companies. So if you are looking at a smaller pool either way, you might as well shoot for the moon. Even if they do have to “settle” for enterprise dev, they still need to practice for DS&A to increase their “luck surface area” to get into those companies that pay top of range.