Are they really though? And if so, how much of that is due to the hyper growth in this specific space?
Meanwhile, the SWE job market across all companies seems pretty rough right now. Talk to someone looking for a job. Most companies seem to be in a holding pattern - little to no new SWE positions available.
The job market sucks for absolutely everyone right now, it's not a SWE thing. Fwiw I've had five recruiters reach out to me in the last four months and I'm not even applying places.
It's a far cry from 2021-2022 but I'm not convinced it's worse for SWEs today than it is for everyone else
That's almost every industry, because most companies realize we are an extremely unstable point in time.