← Back to context Comment by operatingthetan 15 hours ago They generalized "the market." I know a lot of out of work SWEs right now. 9 comments operatingthetan Reply ej88 15 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 15 hours ago Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857 dk8996 12 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years. yesb 14 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 15 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS yesb 14 hours ago Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market ej88 13 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 15 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 15 hours ago Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857 dk8996 12 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years. yesb 14 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 15 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS yesb 14 hours ago Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market ej88 13 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 15 hours ago Software development jobs are up 10%. Jobs in general are down 6%https://x.com/perborgen/status/2025890393166917857 dk8996 12 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years. yesb 14 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 15 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS
dk8996 12 hours ago I collect data from "Who wants to be hired" threads. This month is one of the highest in years.
yesb 14 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 15 hours ago Job openings are down, but total jobs are up.https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PAYEMS
yesb 14 hours ago Their graph shows a rebound to early-mid 2024 levels which is promising but still a relatively bad job market ej88 13 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 13 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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