[acjacobson]

While the numbers for the macro economy may be pretty good - for the tech sector they're terrible.

[avmich]

Recently surfaced here: https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/08/700_it_jobs_us/

Basically, USA probably has much more new graduates of CS a year than net jobs in tech added last year. Many would say it's like a statistical error; anyway, it's a low number.