Adam Tal 🚀

I wrote a short post a while ago titled "First make the change easy, then make the easy change" which is #1 Hacker News today 🤯 Wow

Full report: adamtal.me/hacker-news-hi…

Fewer roles. Tighter requirements. More signal in what companies actually want. This isn’t a dip. It’s a reset.

April 2026 Hacker News Hiring Index: The market didn’t bounce back—it stabilized at a lower, more selective level. (1/6)

March hiring on Hacker News wasn’t broad, it was selective: • majority senior roles • fewer total openings • remote below half Feels like companies are hiring carefully, not widely. Does April confirm that? Data drops tomorrow

The April report is just around the corner.

Full report here: adamtal.me/hacker-news-hi…

March 2026 Hacker News Hiring Index: Volume is down 16% from last month, but median pay hit a record $200,000. It is a "quality over quantity" market. (1/6)

@alanb The pay is nice 😅 Remote 😬

This is super interesting! Also gorgeously presented. Not happy with some of the trends, but useful to know about them and work with them.

@charles_green A year earlier Go is in the same spot 🙂

@TalAdam Nice to see Go staying strong at no. 3.

I went through every Hacker News "Who is Hiring?" thread since 2019. 83 months. 109,462 listings. A few things stood out 🧵

Not perfect, but the trends are clear. I’ll keep improving it over time.

I put all the charts into a free index that updates each month: adamtal.me/hacker-news-hi…