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Am I confused looking at this graph? That these numbers represent the “total change” in tech job for these fields during these time spans? Sort of like a graph of velocity over time, not distance travelled?
So to get a representation of what this graph might look like as total jobs, it would be (omitting 2020) a huge spike in total jobs then a plateau and slight decrease?
While relevant, it seems a little deceptive that people might look at this and say “there are less jobs now than one years ago” rather “there are still more jobs than two years ago”
My read is in the context of "trying to get a job".
To get a job, you gotta match an unfilled position with a person.
This either happens through a company re-hiring for the same position because of attrition, or a net new job created that you can fill.
This graph shows the latter.
You can roughly interpret this graph as showing the net-success of people entering that workforce.
So, if you're trying to get into the field, this is painting a bleak picture that in general, people are unable to enter the field (at least without at LEAST one person exiting it)
There's also more people trying to get a s tech job so for things to remain the same the graph needs to be positive