Until the SV bubble does not burst the situation will remain stable (high hiring, senior roles preferred). After it is gonna be a shitshow with thousand of "previous had an high salary" devs flooding the market.
Ask HN: Is the CS job market tightening?
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#22In Paris in my company we have a hard time finding even junior front-end devs, salaries are rising quickly
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#23Seems OK here in the UK. A few years out of education and focused on Golang in which demand is outpacing supply, especially in London.
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#24I personally can't get a junior level role (first job after university).
Without knowing the particulars about your situation. My best advice is to have a proven track record of being able to deliver code.
Easiest way is have OSS contributions.
A resume means nothing without some code to back it up
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#25Not in Toronto. We're having a hard time filling roles.
In terms of quality of programmers, volume of applications, or..?
Right now a lot of our quality devs are getting poached.
We rely mainly on interns coming back to join the company full time but recently we've had far more people leave than could be replaced by interns.
We're lucky in the sense that most of our interns are smart folks from solid institutions such as UoT, Waterloo etc.
I'm tempted to jump ship myself but I wanted to see out a project I'm working on first.
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#26I personally can't get a junior level role (first job after university).
You'll find lots of great advice about job hunts on HN. It can be really hard when you're getting turned down and failing tech interviews. Try to stay positive.
I don't know your particular situation, but one thing to consider, find a job at a company you want to work for, even if it's not the position you want. It's sometimes easier to transfer from within.
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#27Yes it is, way too many candidates out there right now. The number of jobs hasn't changed, there are still looking for web, mobile, backend and all the basic roles. Companies have the luxury to say no to who ever the heck they want. Candidates don't get multiple offers anymore like it used to be last year so the ball is on the other side right now. Is it temporary? Maybe...
Not necessarily true. We've been looking for a medior frontend dev with Magento experience (any will do) for almost a year, no one to be found.
Re: Ask HN: Is the CS job market tightening?
#28I personally can't get a junior level role (first job after university).
You'll find lots of great advice about job hunts on HN. It can be really hard when you're getting turned down and failing tech interviews. Try to stay positive. I don't know your particular situation, but one thing to consider, find a job at a company you want to work for, even if it's not the position you want. It's sometimes easier to transfer from within.
I've never encountered a tech interview in any of my phone calls or on-sites.
I've tried applying for QA, but got turned down on my second interview with an engineer, because they thought I would be bored, since I already had some dev experience from a two month contract.
I've already sought advice. This included coffee with other HN users, and posting top threads. One is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13726646
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#29I personally can't get a junior level role (first job after university).
Without knowing the particulars about your situation. My best advice is to have a proven track record of being able to deliver code. Easiest way is have OSS contributions. A resume means nothing without some code to back it up
I do lack OSS contributions. I do have a Github (nothing too complex) with some solid code, and a few running websites. I do have great recommendations from working on a two month contract for a startup.
Re: Ask HN: Is the CS job market tightening?
#30Yes it is, way too many candidates out there right now. The number of jobs hasn't changed, there are still looking for web, mobile, backend and all the basic roles. Companies have the luxury to say no to who ever the heck they want. Candidates don't get multiple offers anymore like it used to be last year so the ball is on the other side right now. Is it temporary? Maybe...
Not necessarily true. We've been looking for a medior frontend dev with Magento experience (any will do) for almost a year, no one to be found.
That's what happens when you move away from the standard technologies.
You should look for a smart frontend dev instead who could learn a new framework easily. Search for a Frontend/php or frontend/javascript developer. You'll see the difference.