tldr; Based on your current searching experience, how good or bad it is compared to what you know, were expecting, etc.?<p>I really don't know anybody else looking, I have anecdotal evidence of IT folks having multiple simultaneous full time jobs, and every jobs report says "best job market ever", but my bites and interviews are either rare or very rare.<p>I also know I'm not the rare talent I used to be, so it's possible the job market is fine, or even good or great (for job seekers, to be clear).<p>What's your experience?
The idea of a "job market" gives a good example of why you can't deduce individual outcomes from aggregate statistics. Individual anecdotes don't give others any useful information. By analogy, looking at aggregate life expectancies doesn't help me predict how long I will live, nor does asking my 96-year-old grandmother how she lived so long.<p>In the "job market" people compete for a limited number of desirable jobs. That will get most fierce at the low end, because of more competition. Someone with rare and valuable skills will not experience the same kind of competition for jobs as someone with a few years experience with common tools and techniques. After the layoffs, which affected people <i>by definition</i> dispensable for one reason or another, those same people have to compete with many others at their same relatively low skill/experience level. Supply and demand ensure lower offers/salaries and a more fickle and selective attitude from employers.<p>If you got scooped up in the rampant over-hiring during the last decade and now have fallen victim to mismanagement and pandering to financiers, sorry. You can find jobs today, but look away from the tech/FAANG companies. I have always fallen back on enterprise logistics when tech bubbles burst. Banking, health care, retail all offer opportunities for programming and related fields, but don't expect foosball and beer and free dog care.