alt Hacker News> So, I recently got about 600 resumes for a senior Python backend position.
Dear lord the job market is an absolute disaster right now.
People are clambering for the last helicopter out of Saigon.
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whstl • yesterday at 8:28 PM
Oh god, I should tell you about the frontend position, then, which got 1000 applicants and then we just closed within a week, despite naturally not having hired anyone yet...
>Dear lord the job market is an absolute disaster right now.
Indeed it is, I don't know and would never like to know the levels of desperation one needs to reach to accept writing Python as a career. (I jest, I jest)
In all seriousness, Python (and the same goes for with Javascript/Typescript) is a popular language that is taught at many bootcamps. I'm sure that has lots to do with the number of applications for these kinds of roles.