I wish there was more analysis of where these job openings are coming from within the tech industry and what types of jobs (in particular pay and seniority) are open right now. There's been plenty...
I wish there was more analysis of where these job openings are coming from within the tech industry and what types of jobs (in particular pay and seniority) are open right now. There's been plenty of recent large layoffs going on, so the tech industry has /something/ going on. Oracle and Amazon both have had 10k+ person layoffs this year already and https://www.trueup.io/layoffs, the same place generating the job opening data, also shows a steady rate of layoffs within tech. That suggests a more complex answer than just tech is back to it's normal growth. In terms of AI fears for software engineering, I expect people to care as much or more about the pay, working conditions, and job stability as the single metric of number of openings.
There's a fundamental asymmetry to job number news which makes it difficult to correlate those kind of things to the actual +/- counts. When Amazon has a 10k layoff, that's news. When Cisco has...
Oracle and Amazon both have had 10k+ person layoffs this year already
There's a fundamental asymmetry to job number news which makes it difficult to correlate those kind of things to the actual +/- counts.
When Amazon has a 10k layoff, that's news.
When Cisco has hired an additional 2k people this quarter and the last 3 quarters, that's not news.
Feels like this is the case, I’ve been asked to do a lot more interviews (from the interviewer side), and I know a lot of people who’ve gotten jobs or swapped jobs in the industry. I don’t think...
Feels like this is the case, I’ve been asked to do a lot more interviews (from the interviewer side), and I know a lot of people who’ve gotten jobs or swapped jobs in the industry.
I don’t think “AI” has really changed all that much, the swings in hiring mainly correlate to overall macro conditions more than anything, as usual.
What sector of tech, if you don't mind me asking? Most of my US tech friends have stayed put in their current jobs for at least the last year because it has been far more difficult to find roles...
What sector of tech, if you don't mind me asking? Most of my US tech friends have stayed put in their current jobs for at least the last year because it has been far more difficult to find roles lately. Personally I've usually taken no more than a month or two to find a new job in the past, but last year it took me about 5 months to get a single offer. It's hard to deny that, at least in my area of tech, the market has seriously cooled from the 2015-2024 highs.
Not saying you're wrong, but I'm curious if I should consider adjusting my niche. I have zero interest in working on AI-first products, so maybe that's my issue?
Yeah, I imagine it's domain specific. Games still seems to be underwater as of now. I also notice the language here is "job openings", not "hirings" per se. They seem to conflate it once in the...
Yeah, I imagine it's domain specific. Games still seems to be underwater as of now.
I also notice the language here is "job openings", not "hirings" per se. They seem to conflate it once in the story, but all other suggestions point to this firm looking at open roles. In a time where "ghost" jobs have also been on the rise.
The "kinds" of jobs seems predictable as well even if we give this a generous interpretation:
Within that universe, demand for software engineers remains strong, while AI-related roles are "exploding,"
I wish there was more analysis of where these job openings are coming from within the tech industry and what types of jobs (in particular pay and seniority) are open right now. There's been plenty of recent large layoffs going on, so the tech industry has /something/ going on. Oracle and Amazon both have had 10k+ person layoffs this year already and https://www.trueup.io/layoffs, the same place generating the job opening data, also shows a steady rate of layoffs within tech. That suggests a more complex answer than just tech is back to it's normal growth. In terms of AI fears for software engineering, I expect people to care as much or more about the pay, working conditions, and job stability as the single metric of number of openings.
There's a fundamental asymmetry to job number news which makes it difficult to correlate those kind of things to the actual +/- counts.
When Amazon has a 10k layoff, that's news.
When Cisco has hired an additional 2k people this quarter and the last 3 quarters, that's not news.
The best we got is job numbers in the Labor statistics, and it still seems to be in the negative this year. And only revising down after the fact.
Feels like this is the case, I’ve been asked to do a lot more interviews (from the interviewer side), and I know a lot of people who’ve gotten jobs or swapped jobs in the industry.
I don’t think “AI” has really changed all that much, the swings in hiring mainly correlate to overall macro conditions more than anything, as usual.
What sector of tech, if you don't mind me asking? Most of my US tech friends have stayed put in their current jobs for at least the last year because it has been far more difficult to find roles lately. Personally I've usually taken no more than a month or two to find a new job in the past, but last year it took me about 5 months to get a single offer. It's hard to deny that, at least in my area of tech, the market has seriously cooled from the 2015-2024 highs.
Not saying you're wrong, but I'm curious if I should consider adjusting my niche. I have zero interest in working on AI-first products, so maybe that's my issue?
Yeah, I imagine it's domain specific. Games still seems to be underwater as of now.
I also notice the language here is "job openings", not "hirings" per se. They seem to conflate it once in the story, but all other suggestions point to this firm looking at open roles. In a time where "ghost" jobs have also been on the rise.
The "kinds" of jobs seems predictable as well even if we give this a generous interpretation: