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Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment... by laidoffamazon on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:29PM (#39233052)
I'd even say it's basically equivalent to the tech hiring market in ~2019 and 2018 when I was looking for jobs. Except offers are better (though no bidding wars like 2021)
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Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment... by alephnerd on Friday February 02, 2024 @03:46PM (#39234104)
I can see that. Idk when the unrealistic expectations started kicking off on HN and Reddit - maybe COVID?

But the market seems fairly normal scale of things outside of a couple large employers who tended to hire juniors at the expense of more experienced engineers (Google, Meta comes to mind, and some teams at Amazon), so this might be their first time in a market like this in their careers

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