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[–] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Am I confused looking at this graph? That these numbers represent the “total change” in tech job for these fields during these time spans? Sort of like a graph of velocity over time, not distance travelled?

So to get a representation of what this graph might look like as total jobs, it would be (omitting 2020) a huge spike in total jobs then a plateau and slight decrease?

While relevant, it seems a little deceptive that people might look at this and say “there are less jobs now than one years ago” rather “there are still more jobs than two years ago”

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    My read is in the context of "trying to get a job".

    To get a job, you gotta match an unfilled position with a person.

    This either happens through a company re-hiring for the same position because of attrition, or a net new job created that you can fill.

    This graph shows the latter.

    You can roughly interpret this graph as showing the net-success of people entering that workforce.

    So, if you're trying to get into the field, this is painting a bleak picture that in general, people are unable to enter the field (at least without at LEAST one person exiting it)

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