Bas' Take on Tech: Edge Computing, Digital Markets Act, Job Data

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📊 Sneak Preview: Job data

I had a couple of follow-up coffee chats with people I talked to back in 2022. The conversations were very insightful again.

However, the perception of the current economic situation was surprisingly different for each person I’ve talked to.

So, I decided to have a look at some data. I started analyzing the job postings on Hacker News and collected other economic data from different sources.

I’m still not done with the analysis, but here are some preliminary findings:

The oft-cited story of overhiring during Covid and the subsequent job cuts is supported by the data
The situation appears to have stabilized since the second half of 2023, albeit at a low level

In other news, Walmart’s Ibotta IPO’d with a rise of 17% on the first day.

Expect a more detailed analysis of the job data in one of the next newsletter issues.