Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ...
by aryehof on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:52AM
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Supply simply far exceeds demand. Unless your highly specialized, connected, lucky or perceived as a “James Bond”, the employment market is dire.
This is the inevitable consequence of too many entrants into the market, past over-hiring, and a profession where experience doesn’t count and your competing against ever more newcomers with a high IQ, less expectations, and a better ability to “leetcode” and memorize those algorithms and data structures.
Your prospective employers probably get 200 resumes or more for every general position, but of course “we’re hiring” (sic).
This is the inevitable consequence of too many entrants into the market, past over-hiring, and a profession where experience doesn’t count and your competing against ever more newcomers with a high IQ, less expectations, and a better ability to “leetcode” and memorize those algorithms and data structures.
Your prospective employers probably get 200 resumes or more for every general position, but of course “we’re hiring” (sic).