On: IT employment grew by just 700 jobs in 2023

[hackerbrother]

I may be dumb but is the second derivative of a job sector declining that disastrous? Is that not just normal ebb and flow?

Also I think the HN title is wrong; IT employment's yearly growth increase by just 700 jobs/year in 2023.

[BadCookie → hackerbrother]

No, the article says that total IT employment increased by 700 jobs last year. The first derivative declined but was still positive (barely), so the second derivative was negative.