On: Ask HN: I have applied to 1000 jobs from Sep. 2023 is it that bad?

[tareqak]

Some numbers for context/sense of foreboding: https://layoffs.fyi/

159 tech companies w/ layoffs ∙ 41793 employees laid off in 2024 (as of 8:26 AM PST February 20, 2024).

I have been applying on and off for much longer with no success (I would stop because I would just get discouraged after a while).