Comment by AtlasBarfed

I agree if there was 2% unemployment in IT salaries would be rocketing and there would be stories about foosball tables and masseuses at work.

And in the same breath they say companies are being careful about hiring.

I am on an extended sabbatical of sorts, but I would think I would count statistically as unemployed because I lazily look at jobs on occasion.

In high demand eras, jobs would find me. Nowhere close to that right now.

Unemployment stats have been manipulated for political gain for decades. There are huge numbers on "not looking for work" healthy males that are being excluded from stats.

What's shocking to me is salaries are at or below what was in pre inflation. Outside of SV plumbers and other tradesmen are making as much as an experienced software dev.