Tell HN: This month, job seekers outnumber job openings on HN
January 2024 is the first time there are more &quot;Who wants to be hired&quot; comments than &quot;Who is hiring&quot; ones. This surprised me and got me a bit worried.<p>I generated a graph showing the evolution of the &quot;job market&quot; on HN in the past few years to see if this has happened before and, no, it hasn&#x27;t. The difference is striking compared to pre-2019 values even.<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pasteboard.co&#x2F;516ETSqfUQEY.png<p>I don&#x27;t think this is a great proxy for the market in general, but maybe it is for all the fields HN adjacent.<p>(I know the month is not over yet, but looking at past months, most of the posts happen in the first few days of the &quot;whoishiring&quot; posts and the current ratio should stay the same.)