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Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

#11

Post by qsera »

Betelbuddy wrote: post #2

I know well the EMEA market and work in several languages. No companies are hiring and all jobs are fake. I can guarantee you. The few that take somebody are doing internships for young graduates, or government subsidized employment programs, notably in France and Spain. Sometimes, some companies, will hire if they find a interesting candidate but few are able to evaluate what a suitable candidate is. Agencies simply…

>No companies are hiring and all jobs are fake. I can guarantee you.

I didn't understand how you can guarantee this?

Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

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Post by drrob »

In the UK tech hiring is fairly buoyant at the moment, and the salaries being offered have got some long-needed growth (over this last year we've begun seeing 6 figure senior developer jobs in the east midlands, whereas a couple of years ago getting a £60k salary for a senior in the east midlands was quite the achievement).

Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

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Post by KernelPryanic »

drrob wrote: post #13

In the UK tech hiring is fairly buoyant at the moment, and the salaries being offered have got some long-needed growth (over this last year we've begun seeing 6 figure senior developer jobs in the east midlands, whereas a couple of years ago getting a £60k salary for a senior in the east midlands was quite the achievement).

Hmm, interesting, maybe I should look into the UK market then... Because I often see open positions in the UK segment on the company job boards, just didn't know if it's mostly fake ones as in NL and FR.

Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

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Post by drrob »

KernelPryanic wrote: post #14
drrob wrote: post #13

In the UK tech hiring is fairly buoyant at the moment, and the salaries being offered have got some long-needed growth (over this last year we've begun seeing 6 figure senior developer jobs in the east midlands, whereas a couple of years ago getting a £60k salary for a senior in the east midlands was quite the achievement).

Hmm, interesting, maybe I should look into the UK market then... Because I often see open positions in the UK segment on the company job boards, just didn't know if it's mostly fake ones as in NL and FR.

The ones I see coming up repeatedly on LinkedIn are real jobs, but for places with high staff churn - Bet365 in Stoke for instance have a voracious appetite for recruiting System Development Managers, mainly because they can't get anyone to stay in the role more than a month.

Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

#16

Post by drstewart »

kypro wrote: post #10

Not really. Lots of companies are cutting traditional SWE roles though... I think there are roles available for other types of skill-sets, For example, "Product Engineer" seems to be the new full-stack. Now anyone with some technical background can vibe code anything in a few hours companies are starting to merge product and engineering into one, cutting those who can't or are unwilling to do both. There's also some…

You've been saying it since 2022 but many people have changed jobs multiple times in that time frame, so you're clearly wrong about it.

Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

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Post by mmarian »

drrob wrote: post #15
KernelPryanic wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, interesting, maybe I should look into the UK market then... Because I often see open positions in the UK segment on the company job boards, just didn't know if it's mostly fake ones as in NL and FR.

The ones I see coming up repeatedly on LinkedIn are real jobs, but for places with high staff churn - Bet365 in Stoke for instance have a voracious appetite for recruiting System Development Managers, mainly because they can't get anyone to stay in the role more than a month.

Last time I checked they don't pay well though.

Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

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Post by mmarian »

KernelPryanic wrote: post #14
drrob wrote: post #13

In the UK tech hiring is fairly buoyant at the moment, and the salaries being offered have got some long-needed growth (over this last year we've begun seeing 6 figure senior developer jobs in the east midlands, whereas a couple of years ago getting a £60k salary for a senior in the east midlands was quite the achievement).

Hmm, interesting, maybe I should look into the UK market then... Because I often see open positions in the UK segment on the company job boards, just didn't know if it's mostly fake ones as in NL and FR.

Unlikely they'll hire people requiring visas though. Unless you're exceptional talent, of course.

Re: Are tech companies even hiring?

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Post by cableshaft »

drstewart wrote: post #16
kypro wrote: post #10

Not really. Lots of companies are cutting traditional SWE roles though... I think there are roles available for other types of skill-sets, For example, "Product Engineer" seems to be the new full-stack. Now anyone with some technical background can vibe code anything in a few hours companies are starting to merge product and engineering into one, cutting those who can't or are unwilling to do both. There's also some…

You've been saying it since 2022 but many people have changed jobs multiple times in that time frame, so you're clearly wrong about it.

Some people have the right message but the wrong timing (i.e. too early). And for some people this could already be true.

I'm already assuming I have maybe one more job change in me as a software engineer and then it might be extremely difficult to find any future jobs in the field.

Especially considering I'm old enough that at least some companies were likely going to be discriminating against me because of my age.

Doubly so now that they probably assume I'm too old or set in my ways to handle the shift to coding with A.I. agents, which isn't the case.

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