> It isn't normal for it to be hard to get a job, what is hard is to get a better job than you have now since you worked hard to find that job.
That seems like a weirdly narrow perspective. Seems like it entirely depends on every aspect of circumstance, micro, and macro economic, as well as all facets of personal luck, industry, roll of the dice at birth. This is true of everything, not just the job search. Every one of my friends for example has a job and has no reason to think it's hard to get one, but they only know one guy in software, and my perspective for the last 8 years has been it's hard to find a job. Meanwhile, they're all lonely and desperate, struggle to form long term connections, and this is a sentiment shared by many on their 30s atm, but not me, it's normally easy. I'm sure when I get my next one, there's enough likelihood of meeting a few people who've been employed their whole life but haven't made any new close friends since school, to wit we'd reach a similar difference in perspective.
It's my impression though that it's nearly always been easier to get a better or different job than it is to get a job without one, which informs the general cliche, however factually true it is, that it's better to look for a new job while you have one.
That seems like a weirdly narrow perspective. Seems like it entirely depends on every aspect of circumstance, micro, and macro economic, as well as all facets of personal luck, industry, roll of the dice at birth. This is true of everything, not just the job search. Every one of my friends for example has a job and has no reason to think it's hard to get one, but they only know one guy in software, and my perspective for the last 8 years has been it's hard to find a job. Meanwhile, they're all lonely and desperate, struggle to form long term connections, and this is a sentiment shared by many on their 30s atm, but not me, it's normally easy. I'm sure when I get my next one, there's enough likelihood of meeting a few people who've been employed their whole life but haven't made any new close friends since school, to wit we'd reach a similar difference in perspective.
It's my impression though that it's nearly always been easier to get a better or different job than it is to get a job without one, which informs the general cliche, however factually true it is, that it's better to look for a new job while you have one.