Spain tech job market is facing a hiring freeze
When I finished my degree in Spain 15 years ago, programmers weren&#x27;t a well paid or well regarded job. In fact I used to live paycheck to paycheck (making less than some of my friends in non-tech jobs), and programming was considered &quot;for nerds&quot;.<p>I think this didn&#x27;t change much for the following decade, but COVID turned the tables. Suddenly Spanish programmers could take jobs for global companies for very competitive salaries. I&#x27;ve heard of people making 70-80k euros working from home, which is more than 2x the average national. Recently someone told me that when they offered a Spanish programmer a job for 100k USD, she started crying.<p>So the &quot;correction&quot; that we are seeing seems more like a logical consequence of the contracting job market, plus the move away from remote work for many companies. It seems more like a correction than a crisis.