[Silhouette]

I get seemingly endless messages from recruiters too but I don't think that's a very useful metric for the state of the market. Probably 1/3 of the roles they send to me don't look anything like my profile at all. At least another 1/3 match technically but are offering nowhere near what I already make. Of the final 1/3 or less that aren't immediately ruled out I am probably interested enough to respond to maybe half and at least 80% of those turn out to be snake oil one way or another. So maybe 3% of the recruiter emails I receive might actually be a real opportunity that I'd consider exploring. And that's before even speaking with a potential employer/client to see what the role really is and whether we're any kind of fit at all culturally.