Data analysis of HN whoishiring posts
It's very hard to make sense of the current state of the tech job market. We will have a look
Data analysis of HN whoishiring posts launched on April 30, 2024 with 23 votes, #819 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This project analyzes hiring trends from Hacker News "Who Is Hiring" posts. It extracts and examines job market data from the popular monthly discussion thread to identify patterns in hiring activity, job types, and employer preferences. The tool is designed for job seekers, recruiters, and anyone interested in understanding tech industry hiring dynamics. It transforms raw forum discussions into structured insights about the employment landscape.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
thanks for reading my tech newsletter about the recent buzz in tech. As promised in the last issue of my newsletter, here is an analysis of the job market . According to Indeed software development is the sector with the sharpest decline in job postings (as of Dec 29, 2023). The number of postings on Hacker News ranged in the all-time low area . In contrast, the number of people actively seeking a job increased to a new high which was only superseded by the spike at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Comparing the Hacker News data to the FRED (St. Louis FED) data , the decline in job postings does not only appear steeper but has also set in earlier in tech compared to the overall private…from basc.substack.com
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Hi HN! A few days ago I saw a graph[0] that showed the # of job postings on HN was declining. I started wondering what other trends I could glean from the data, so I created this! You can filter through the top level comments by keyword; for example you can filter by "remote" to see the massive spike around March 2020. Another interesting thing I found is that I can compare hiring across cities. I hope you enjoy! I made it so that the links to your search are sharable so if you have some interesting data you should be able to just link the page you're on! [0]…
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