Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

✨Soff✨ Mawr @mawr@plush.city

3/7/2026, 1:52:16 PM

Public

If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

A graph showing the year over year change in US tech employment, which is a categorized graph from 2016 to 2026, showing a steady increase from 100k positions in 2016 to 300k positions in 2023 (with a sharp dip in 2020), to an inversion in 2024 to present that averages around -negative 50k positions.

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