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I would be curious to see a HN poll of people's sentiment towards job demand across the US and different countries. I know in both Silicon Valley and in Chicago
by jordo37 14y ago
I would be curious to see a HN poll of people's sentiment towards job demand across the US and different countries. I know in both Silicon Valley and in Chicago demand is pretty high right now for all kinds of tech, but especially for the sort of young full-stack generalists that startups seems to focus the most on hiring. At one point in 2008-2009 it felt a little worse - I was happy to have a job at a big IT consulting firm - but now for the most part my then-colleagues and I feel like we have huge amounts of choice. How are other folks / other geographies seeing the trends in their area?
- edwinnathaniel 14y agoI'm in Vancouver and the hiring rate is definitely going up for Developers who know Java + a bit of front-end knowledge (according to some of the recruiters I talked to a few months ago). On the flip side, Vancouver is a small market that most knowledge workers know almost everyone and the opportunity to work with his/her former colleagues are quite high. On the consulting side, IT projects typically come from governments/municipals and there are plenty small IT shops that only do one or two of these projects to stay afloat. It's a bit tough city overall even though some people would disagree with me.