Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) “The tech job market is in its best shape in years. But almost none of the growth” — TopicDigg

The tech job market is in its best shape in years. But almost none of the growth is coming from software jobs. There are 281,000+ open roles at tech companies, up 17% from a year ago and 73% from the March 2023 low. But open PM, eng, and design roles grew just 2%. Design (−28%) and UX research (−45%) actually shrank. So where’s the growth coming from? Hardware engineering openings doubled. Business ops added ~4,200 openings. Supply chain is up 63%. Many of the fastest-growing jobs are physical: data center technicians, installers, field service engineers. The AI boom is creating jobs, but mostly in building and running the physical infrastructure (chips, data centers, hardware), not building software. Times, they are a-changin’. Full report: