Admittedly, there's the responses in this thread with people saying "I'm in <some country that isn't the US> and the market here is bad, too".

Admittedly, there seems to be responses that also disagree with that, just like I did.

So I guess it depends? News at 11:00.

How about you tell us where the market is good for devs? It is heinous in Canada and all of Europe that I'm aware of.

Are you in China? India?

Western Europe is fine, for seniors as well as newcomers, based on my own experience and friends & acquaintances. Then based on more acquaintances South America and Asia seems OK too. But again, ensure you actually understand the context here.

What does "heinous" actually mean here? I've repeated it before, but I guess one more time can't hurt: I'm not saying it isn't difficult to find a job as a developer today compared to a decade ago, but what I am saying is that it's a thing across all sectors and developers aren't hit by it worse than any other sector. Hiring freezes has been happening in not just technology companies, but across the board.

Data.