#TechJobMarket #JobLoss #JobSearch #EconomicRecovery
Hey everyone, let’s talk about the current state of the tech job market. 🤔 It’s disheartening to hear about friends in the industry struggling to find work even months after being laid off from well-paid positions. So, when do you think this trend will start to turn around?
Here are a few things to consider:
– The impact of job loss on individuals and the economy
– The stress it puts on those who are still employed in the tech sector
But, to bring some positivity to the conversation, let’s also share potential solutions:
– Upskilling and reskilling programs for those looking to transition into in-demand tech roles
– Encouraging companies to invest in workforce development and training programs
– Supporting small businesses and startups to create more job opportunities in the tech field
What do you think? When do you see the tech job market improving, and what steps can we take to expedite that process? Let’s brainstorm together! 💡 #TechJobs #CareerAdvice #FutureOfWork
Probably after the election.
When companies see what the government landscape will be in the next few years, then they adapt and move forward.
Never
It’s probably not going to, and it’s different reasons than most think. It’s not because AI is going to replace everyone (though in 15 years I will be really surprised if programming is anything but a super niche field due to AI). It’s because a lot of the low hanging fruit in the software world has already been tackled and companies are now pulling in the profits, and finding new areas to throw programmers at is becoming less profitable. Back even 5 years ago it seemed like many of the big tech players were building similar infrastructure to lay the groundwork for larger services (like AWS, Azure, etc), but now a lot of the services are “good enough” and remaining dev work is capturing less and less customers.
I saw it happen in Windows, and now it’s starting to happen in software as a service. A lot of people at large tech companies are working on products that will capture very few new customers.
June 23rd 2026 at 2:44 PM
Thursday
Dude, do you really feel if any one of the people on this planet could actually predict the future, they would be hanging out in this sub, of all places?
Please specify location and level of job in these posts.
For eg – Markets are okay for folks in india with 3+ YOE with FAANG companies
Soon
Sadly nobody has a crystal ball and can predict. I’m nearly 3 months from getting laid off and not one interview so far. I hope things improve, but I’m planning for a very long period of unemployment and making the best of my time now.
It can’t. Too much outsourcing, and Elon started trend of running really really lean.
Yes
Here’s some hard truth – it’ll turn around the moment you can pass a fizz buzz.
Oh shit my bad guys, I was supposed to improve the market three weeks ago. It should be fixed in two days
Let me ask my crystal ball
They will shoot trumps other ear off, he will win the election and place John McAfee’s re-animated corpse as the chair of the FED. The global currency will become DOGEcoin and every SWE will become a billionaire by transitioning to making AI girlfriends or anime pron. You heard it here first folks.
When the Fed cuts rates again and we see the cash flow negative companies finally have some buying power to start hiring again.
If Trump wins the job market will be tough. His remove of the R&D credit has disincentivized creation of R&D within the US. Companies would rather outsource and claim the expense.
In 2002 and 2008, it felt like three years before things went back to normal. However, past performance is not guaranteed in future performance. I would console myself with the unemployment numbers meaning it was unlikely I would lose my job but I was in no way comfortable while it was happening.
On the plus side, the next massive company is forming right now. All you need to do is figure out what one it is, go to work for them in an equity-only deal, and wait your way into insane riches.
I believe it already has.
In September.
define turn around. Do you want it to be like it was in 2021? Because it will be a long long time before that happens again and we should hope it never will.
2021 interest rates were almost at 0%. The only reason interest rates would go that low under the control of a sane fed- is in the event of severe economic distress like covid, or the 08 financial collapse.
>It’s really impairing people’s hope and it’s hurting the economy in so many ways particularly in big cities, not to mention it puts immense stress on people who currently have jobs and feel like they’re hanging by thread at all times…
This has been coming for tech workers. We are paying the price for our gross arrogance. How in the hell were the crazy salaries EVERYWHERE at companies with no profit and barely any revenue making sense? People kept thinking the gravy train would never end. Just buying the shit out of houses and properties and driving up rent for other people in our society who aren’t in tech- and we NEED people not to be in tech. They deserve to have a reasonable living too and instead tech workers just pushed them out of the city saying “just learn to code”
Now after barely a year or two of slightly down times it’s impairing people’s hope.
People need to stop crowding into big cities attempting to get rich quick. It is furthering the economic imbalance and contributing to a worse tech ecosystem. The market will improve, there will be rate cuts coming but nothing close to what it was three years ago.
Feb 2026
It’ll take 3 teams, 4 sprints….
Crystal ball consultations are $1000/hr. Form a line here.
could be soon, could be never, lol
Nobody knows the answer because there is too many factors at play (interest rates, over hiring, ai investment, corporate greed, saturation).. only thing you can do is wait it out and see for yourself.
> When do we think this will start to turn around?
Even if it “turns around” it’ll never be anything like it was.
> It’s really impairing people’s hope and it’s hurting the economy in so many ways particularly in big cities
So? Nobody gives a fuck about this.