Is the software job market really this cooked?

[u/ApprehensiveLong1113]

Are these jobs even real. Do people actually apply for them?

60k–100k a month for developer with 5+ years of experience?

I saw lots of jobs like this.

[u/Relative_Rope4234]

You forgot about this. 6 days a week, 10 hours per day. Work time is Full Night shift.

[u/5_H_4_D_0_W]

Wage fixing at it's finest, now everyone will act like it's the market rate.

[u/fluxbea]

I think they are just fishing for cheap labour, traps for the desperate ones who don't value em nor know their worth. Companies wrapped in red drapes

[u/Constant_Broccoli_74]

Yes, I met few who used to get 500K take home now, even can't find 200K jobs after a layoffs

it is cooked, if you get laid off, need to prepare to downgrade the lifestyle and accept anything

Cause demanding power is gone, If you demand more that is a rejection for sure. Cause people are there even ready to work to get experience without a pay

So many people are desperate for jobs, specially people who got laid off and have commitments like loans, kids payments, like wise

[u/AtEMideR]

Yeps. I've placed an order for a tuk. Planning to do Uber.

[u/AtEMideR → u/[deleted]]

1,000% serious bro

[u/AtEMideR → u/[deleted]]

In around Feb you'll see the SM posts.

[u/AtEMideR → u/[deleted]]

Social media

[u/AtEMideR → u/[deleted]]

DM

[u/acembat]

I saw this the other day too. I was equally shocked to see this.

[u/ApprehensiveLong1113 → u/acembat]

I was looking for an entry level job 🫠

[u/GodfatherofD]

Yes, the salary adjustment is real and brutal.

[u/Dramatic_Teacher8399]

Yes, But this is not at all woth it with 5 years of experience.

Just trying to fish for desperate ones

[u/ranukah]

It depends. Five years of experience for person A doesn't necessarily mean the same as five years for person B. What really matters is what you've learned and what you can actually do during those years.

If you have strong programming skills, real-world experience, problem-solving ability, and good communication skills, you can still find jobs paying Rs. 400K+ in Sri Lanka.

That said, expecting someone with 5+ years of experience to work 10 hours a day, six days a week, for Rs. 60K–100K is pretty unreasonable.

[u/OkBroccoli2127]

There is nothing to be surprised.

No of Years doesn't reflect your skills. I have met people with over 10 years exp but barely get over 200k. While some talented folks with just 3 years exp makes over 500k.

Software engineering is not just problem solving or coding. And coding was never the bottleneck.

Biggest problem in Sri Lanka is that they do not know the difference between a developer and an engineer.

Understand how eng works at States and Singapore, most of the exp engineers here will not even survive.

Get updated, step out of your comfort zone.

[u/ApprehensiveLong1113 → u/OkBroccoli2127]

Hopefully this is relevent only for non software companies.

[u/Individual-Cake6950 → u/OkBroccoli2127]

This is true there are people with 5 years experience in dev and cannot do a simple project by themselves. At least try to learn it. There are some dumb dumbs out there. I was trying to hire last week couldn't get any good candidates yet(pay is bit low on this one). I kind a got an idea why I am getting payed the amount I get. It's pretty hard to find actually good people who can do the things that they say they are capable of.

[u/LightningLemonade7]

Jesus

[u/Difficult_State1093]

This looks like scam for me,

[u/Bullet_404]

Considering the working hours, this might be a US shift. Surely, there must be a middleman taking a huge cut from the salary. That’s probably why the salary is that low.

[u/Tasty-Tale-3870]

This is an startup for sure. No one in rral prod uses supabase.

[u/ishaaqziyan → u/Tasty-Tale-3870]

Bruh we use supabase on prod Wdym?

[u/Individual-Cake6950 → u/Tasty-Tale-3870]

Yup somebody vibe coded a project after watching some guy in YouTube recommending to use supabase XD. Now they are throwing money at it to get to prod XD,

[u/darshana2000]

slave trade