Tech job listings are down 40% on several job boards
I&#x27;m a newer web developer with a few years of full-time experience (and over a decade of hobby experience), but definitely not a &quot;senior&quot; developer. Most job openings I see are for senior developers. I don&#x27;t really know if this is historically normal, because I wasn&#x27;t doing much developer job hunting a few years ago.<p>For the jobs that I have applied to, I would say I am pretty well qualified. I have put a lot of time into my resume to make it clean and legible. I usually spend over an hour writing a cover letter, and I am pretty confident they are interesting, well written, and have a friendly&#x2F;personal tone without coming across as awkward or over eager.<p>Despite all of this effort and being pretty well qualified, I never hear back. Not even a rejection letter. Just silence. I have applied to pretty entry-level positions too for which I am overqualified, and also never hear back. Sample size is only about 10 applications, but they were very focused, well matched, high effort applications.<p>If there is any shortage of web developers out there, companies sure aren&#x27;t acting like it. It&#x27;s not even like I would ask very much, I only want maybe $75k since I am currently way underpaid (about ~$50k in a big city).<p>My guess is that this is just a side effect of unemployment being pretty high (if you look at realistic measures, not the biased official ones). Senior developers are willing to work for less than before because getting a job is harder these days, and less-than-senior developers can&#x27;t get a job at all because there&#x27;s only enough spots for the senior level ones.