The Pragmatic Engineer

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Originally published on 23 Feb 2023 👋 Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. In 2021, an impressive 67% of graduates got a software engineering job within 8 weeks, and in 2022 this number was 74% and close to 100% after 6 months, with a $124K average base salary.

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The Pragmatic Engineer

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The observations on how Big Tech hiring will slow down have since been validated, with Meta not only laying off in November, but also rescinding offers in January 2023, and Amazon doing the same. I broke this news about many engineering leaders and software engineers being affected. let go 198 employees (14% of the company.)

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The Pragmatic Engineer

MARCH 3, 2023

How software engineer populations have changed across Big Tech: The percentage change in software engineer roles at various companies, between Oct 2022 and Jan 2023. Meanwhile, Apple, Netflix and Airbnb seem to continue to hire software engineers at a good pace, and all are employers about whom I’ve not heard rumors of job cuts.

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