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Re: Is the job market for software devs starting to improve?

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Post by barrenko » Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 8:00 AM UTC

dserban wrote: post #10

Don't rely on gut feeling or anecdotal evidence, there's good data you can look at. Over a few years, I came to rely on proxy indicators that I found to be reliably in sync with the strength / weakness of the job market for software engineers. One of these indicators is the business spending index (it has an official name, something about purchasing managers' sentiment index or similar). CNBC tends to show it a lot t…

Lovely suggestion, I'll have a look at the USALD90 ticker, I'm in the EU, so I also use the PMI but "Eurozone" Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), anyone can have a look here and get a basic idea - https://tradingeconomics.com/euro-area/manufacturing-pmi, just go to maximum time window.

Re: Is the job market for software devs starting to improve?

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Post by barrenko » Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 8:02 AM UTC

hsuduebc2 wrote: post #14

summizeralert wrote: post #4

Tech giants like Meta and Amazon restarted large-scale hiring in Q4 2023-Q1 2024, with software engineer roles increasing by ~18% YoY (LinkedIn data). However: Entry-level positions face fierce competition (average response rate <20%). Senior roles (5+ years) command salaries exceeding $150K, especially for AI/machine learning and full-stack experts.

Is full-stack development now considered an advancement? I always thought that it is considered less valuable compared to more specialized roles these days. (I'm a full-stack developer.)

With AI, full-stack will be only on the up, especially the frontend UI nitty-gritty (my humble prediction).

Re: Is the job market for software devs starting to improve?

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Post by VirusNewbie » Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 5:25 PM UTC

scarface_74 wrote: post #17

VirusNewbie wrote: post #11

Anecdotally, yes. I've gotten about 7+ in the last couple weeks. This is the most frequent I've seen since early 2022. These are for fairly senior roles.

7 messages or offers? Recruiters spam far and wide.

nono, not offers. I'm happy with where I am. I just meant I finally had some recruiters reach out with some opportunities that looked good, for a long while I was getting radio silence or the "hey we want a senior engineer to relocate to Idaho for 140k a year"