← Back to context Comment by operatingthetan 9 hours ago They generalized "the market." I know a lot of out of work SWEs right now. 9 comments operatingthetan Reply ej88 9 hours ago is there any data about the overall job market on whether it's been good or bad? genuinely curious the most recent data point shows a rebound https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo...and fwiw i dont know any swes struggling to find work personallyswe is so broad and in bubbles its hard to get an objective analysis Swizec 9 hours ago Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857 dk8996 6 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years. yesb 8 hours ago You'd think "past year" would include a full 12 months. This person has chosen a ~10 month period to hide the large drop off in early 2025 as you can see here: https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo... 1 reply → jibe 8 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS yesb 8 hours ago Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market ej88 7 hours ago i guess it depends on what you define as bad and what that threshold ishttps://trueup.io/job-trendthis tracker shows continuous improvement since 2023 1 reply →
ej88 9 hours ago is there any data about the overall job market on whether it's been good or bad? genuinely curious the most recent data point shows a rebound https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo...and fwiw i dont know any swes struggling to find work personallyswe is so broad and in bubbles its hard to get an objective analysis Swizec 9 hours ago Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857 dk8996 6 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years. yesb 8 hours ago You'd think "past year" would include a full 12 months. This person has chosen a ~10 month period to hide the large drop off in early 2025 as you can see here: https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo... 1 reply → jibe 8 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS yesb 8 hours ago Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market ej88 7 hours ago i guess it depends on what you define as bad and what that threshold ishttps://trueup.io/job-trendthis tracker shows continuous improvement since 2023 1 reply →
Swizec 9 hours ago Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857 dk8996 6 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years. yesb 8 hours ago You'd think "past year" would include a full 12 months. This person has chosen a ~10 month period to hide the large drop off in early 2025 as you can see here: https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo... 1 reply → jibe 8 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS
dk8996 6 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years.
yesb 8 hours ago You'd think "past year" would include a full 12 months. This person has chosen a ~10 month period to hide the large drop off in early 2025 as you can see here: https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo... 1 reply →
jibe 8 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS
yesb 8 hours ago Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market ej88 7 hours ago i guess it depends on what you define as bad and what that threshold ishttps://trueup.io/job-trendthis tracker shows continuous improvement since 2023 1 reply →
ej88 7 hours ago i guess it depends on what you define as bad and what that threshold ishttps://trueup.io/job-trendthis tracker shows continuous improvement since 2023 1 reply →
is there any data about the overall job market on whether it's been good or bad? genuinely curious the most recent data point shows a rebound https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo...
and fwiw i dont know any swes struggling to find work personally
swe is so broad and in bubbles its hard to get an objective analysis
Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%
https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857
I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years.
You'd think "past year" would include a full 12 months. This person has chosen a ~10 month period to hide the large drop off in early 2025 as you can see here: https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-glo...
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Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS
Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market
i guess it depends on what you define as bad and what that threshold is
https://trueup.io/job-trend
this tracker shows continuous improvement since 2023
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