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by jeffbee 1017 days ago
> a fucking difficult job market

? This is the hottest job market in living memory. Labor economists have run out of ways to describe it. A damp log can get a six-figure signing bonus.
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a2xd94 1017 days ago
Clearly you've not been in a job search and can compare the software job market in 2016-2021 vs now. The market is not 'hot'. Warm, maybe. Lukewarm, definitely.
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jeffbee 1017 days ago
I don't believe in anecdotes. I believe in data. According to the BLS, "Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services" sector added 6000 jobs last month and > 30k jobs in the past year. Unemployment among educated professionals stands at 2.2% which is ridiculous.
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a2xd94 1017 days ago
Cool data. Now for the real-life implication and meaning of those nice numbers, for the SW industry :

- low unemployment + high employer demand for new positions + high wage growth = hot job market

  - where the market was in 2016-2021
- low unemployment + low employer demand for new positions + low wage growth = lukewarm job market

  - where the market was in 2022
- low unemployment + medium employer demand for new positions + low wage growth = warm job market

  - where the market is currently
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