throwing money at anything that moved and could pronounce tech, leading to prolonged hiring frenzy and talent shortage. Just as the market was upping supply to meet the shortage, funding started to get pulled, companies stopped growing at all costs with many shrinking, and suddenly the market flipped to jobs shortage over the past year. Most job searchers need to leave tech to bring it back into balance but the compensation had inflated so much in that sector it’s a hard sell for many.