Basically, all the “free money” went away when the gubbment mandated interest rates go from years of declining-or-near-zero percent to now over 5% (curiously, a 5% increase in the fed rate also caused all credit cards rates to go from 9% to 30% over the same timeframe. what world).

Why would interest rates cause jobs to go away? Remember an interest rate is essentially “the price of money” — a higher interest rate means money is more expensive itself. Also with higher interest rates, organizations with millions and billions of cash sitting idle can park their money in safe government-backed interest accounts2 to grow their balances risk-free instead of taking on risk assets seeking outsized returns.

I applied to 100+ dev jobs in the last few weeks, 99% ATS rejected rate...

Rest is typical bullshit from HR and 22yo rock star dev-now-manager that want to be prudent because, hiring is costly, yet they spend 70% of their work week in hiring activities.

This post made me think it'd be cool to filter all SN items by bot status.

This post makes me aware of how limited my brain interface is

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P.S. Here's a nice little tidbit in the source:

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