Back in 2019, this site published a two-part series on where to find IT jobs, and at the time the advice was relatively straightforward: post your resume on Indeed and Craigslist, apply to everything …
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By April 2023, hundreds of thousands of tech workers had been laid off. The shock had worn off, and what remained was more complicated: the anger, the doubt, the strange mix of relief and terror, and …
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The news cycle this fall has been brutal. Meta laid off 11,000 people. Twitter cut 3,700 roles. Stripe, Amazon, and Salesforce announced significant reductions. If you work in technology, you’ve …
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On October 27, Twitter closed under new ownership, and what happened next was a masterclass in institutional collapse. Within 48 hours, roughly half the workforce was gone. Within a week, the …
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The CHIPS Act Is Coming. Your Career Probably Should Too. Congress is moving fast on something that doesn’t usually get much attention outside of tech policy circles: the CHIPS and Science Act. …
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Right now, in May 2022, you have power in the job market that you might not have felt in years. The IT hiring season is running at full speed, remote work is finally normalized, and companies are …
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Two years ago, if someone told you that you’d be interviewing for six-figure roles entirely over Zoom from your home office, you might have laughed. Today, that’s just the job market. The …
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If you’ve been in IT long enough to remember when a technical position meant at least some job security, then you already know the tables have turned completely. The Bureau of Labor Statistics …
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It’s hard to summarize 2021 in a single phrase, but “the Great Resignation” comes closer than most. We watched a tidal shift in how IT professionals think about their work, their …
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The private sector tech job market rewards velocity. Move fast, ship features, disrupt the space, jump between startups chasing the next funding round. It’s exhilarating for some and exhausting …
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