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1. dvt · 1790183993 · focus · HN ↗

   As someone that's currently looking (with plenty of experience, corporate, startup, and contract), can confirm it's pretty rough out there. I think the application process is just becoming enshittified: because HR uses AI to filter, applicants are starting to use AI to apply, so we have volumes and volumes of nonsense flowing back and forth.

   Been working professionally for ~15 years or so, and it's never been this bad. Other than "knowing someone" (i.e. a referral, and even that falls through routinely), not sure what the best way to snag a position is these days.

   1. nabbed · 1790185653 · focus · HN ↗

      I just read this on CNBC:

        “US business continues to boom,” S&P Global Market Intelligence chief business
        economist Chris Williamson said in a statement. “To put the growth surge in
        context, barring the spike in demand following the opening up of the economy
        after the COVID-19 lockdowns, the latest improvement in business activity
        is the greatest recorded since early 2015. Business is clearly booming now in
        both manufacturing and services.”
      

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      Is it booming for everyone except software developers? I keep hearing about developers who have been looking for a job for 6 months or longer and don&#x27;t get responses to applications.

      Or is it some process failure (which you hint at) that is making it difficult to capitalize on that boom?

      1. xboxnolifes · 1790192190 · focus · HN ↗

         The article is talking about &quot;The Economy&quot; (read: stocks and bonds), not employment numbers. The market can both be awful for job seekers and great for capital owners.

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