I know why Mathematicians weep

Re:I know why Mathematicians weep by ofjcihen on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:07AM (#50104792)

I own my company and directly participate hiring. What’s changed among me and my peers is that we’re on incredibly precarious economic grounds with no telling what’s going to happen next month.

LLMs haven’t done much in the way of informing me or others I know regarding “who and how many”.

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Re:I know why Mathematicians weep by bjornsing on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:39AM (#50105272)

I’ve done some hiring lately as well and we got a ridiculous number of applications, like 500+ for a run-of-the-mill developer job.

I’ve worked in tech for 20+ years and I’ve never seen it like this. Sure there are job openings, but sooo many applicants it seems.

(This is Sweden, YMMV.)

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Re:I know why Mathematicians weep by vatsachak on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:59AM (#50105594)

I would wager that most of them are AI generated. The cost of generating a neat looking LaTeX resume and adding vibe-projects to one's GitHub is very low...

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Re:I know why Mathematicians weep by ofjcihen on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:58AM (#50105564)

500+ is a lot?

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Re:I know why Mathematicians weep by bjornsing on Thursday October 15, 2026 @12:57PM (#50106601)

If you’re one of the 500 then it is, yes.

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Re:I know why Mathematicians weep by ofjcihen on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:05PM (#50106744)

It’s normal to be one of 10k.

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Re:I know why Mathematicians weep by bjornsing on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:36PM (#50107189)

For a research role at Anthropic perhaps, not for the roles I’m typically hiring for.

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