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> If you can't make it work in today's market, it's largely your fault. The job markets are dead, just look at the last few months of layoffs across the board.

• pluc 1y ago
  The job markets aren't dead, job boards are still full of opportunities. What's dead is the interaction between recruiters and candidates, and we can thank AI for that. For job boards, there's definitely opportunities to cut through the bullshit there, but it's a lot easier to get on the bandwagon than it is to say the train is headed for a wall.
  • kassner 1y ago
    > job boards are still full of opportunities That’s not a proxy anymore. In my corner, I keep seeing the same listings over and over again. Friends with hiring power have all sorts of stories, multiple reorganizations, budget cuts (and then a week later announcing record profits on earnings calls). Companies are just not hiring. They need to say they are to keep investors on the hype (if you aren’t hiring you mustn’t be growing).
    • jf22 1y ago
      Idk about this. Every dev I know that has lost or left a job in the past year found another one without too much struggle. Cycles take longer and are more annoying but companies are definitely hiring.
  • mschuster91 1y ago
    > The job markets aren't dead, job boards are still full of opportunities. Many of these "open positions" aren't really planned to be filled. They're just out there to gauge interest or wait for the one "rockstar" candidate. Honestly, this kind of deception should be banned by law. So much time is wasted every year applying to jobs that practically aren't real.