It seems quite sluggish here in the UK.
Has it got better at all where you are?
PS I know there's the monthly hiring HN threads here tomorrow.
Ask HN: How are you finding the job market in July 2024?
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#2germany -> dead
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#3US East Coast === Also Dead. edit: I'm a frontend focused JS/TS dev with 5 years experience and I was laid off at the end of May and never before has my anxiety been this high about landing another SWE role. At this point I've been heavily considering some sort of "hold over job" just to keep the lights on and keep me from going crazy, but I'm hoping I don't have to go down that route.
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#4I have competing offers from multiple companies right now. Everything will be highly dependent on what industry you’re looking at and your skill set and experience.
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#5It's weird. Not looking for full time, just contracting. Meaningful jobs have completely disappeared. Bullshit one, on the other hand, flourish, and they pay top dollar anyway. I set aside a bit of money for the therapy and go on like that.
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#7Thankfully for me, there are plenty of infrastructure roles where I’m at; however, they are insanely competitive. I made a final with one company, and they were interviewing eight people for the role. Eight! For one opening… those are not favorable odds.
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#8I only have about 3 YOE, working at a non-tech Fortune 50 in the US and job searching on the side. I’ve sent out over 100 applications and haven’t received a single interview. The only interviews I do get are through LinkedIn recruiters reaching out. I have used a few referrals to apply as well but no bites on those either.
Originally, I thought it may be a Resume issue, but after getting quite a bit of feedback on it, it doesn’t seem to be that either. Before I started my job searching process, my main worry was that I wouldn’t be able to get past technical screens, but Leetcode was fairly easy to pick up again and am able to solve most mediums optimally and some hards with a less than optimal approach.
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Trump's policies (lower taxes, higher tariffs & trade wars) are highly inflationary. Interest rates will have to go up during a Trump presidency to compensate.
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#10germany -> dead
uk -> deadish