Data say one thing, stocks another. Software stocks (IGV) have been selling off in the past year as market participants fret over industry-wide AI disruption, yet job postings for software roles are ...

Beginning in 2022 and gaining momentum through 2023, the tech industry experienced a wave of job cuts that hit software engineers especially hard. Layoffs peaked in early 2023, then gradually tapered ...

Cutting corners: The software engineering job market has experienced a significant downturn, with job openings hitting a five-year low, according to an analysis of data from Indeed by Practical ...

• Despite AI hype and a genuine slowdown in tech hiring, the number of working software developers in the United States increased between April 2025 and April 2026. • Software job openings increased ...