[mountaineer]

I believe the intent is to share as a possible leading indicator. I don't know the OP's exact reasoning, but I have tracked this data for years at hntrends.com and it was my original thesis that this thread is a leading indicator of the tech job market at a minimum.

[throwaway292939]

I would think the leading indicator would be Big Tech layoffs and hiring freezes that started months ago.

If I were to change my course of action, I'd use that since it happened way earlier.

[fernandotakai]

i mean, even with hiring freezes and layoffs i'm still getting emails from recruiters (this month i got one from google amongst other companies).

[whatshisface]

How can you call it a leading indicator of the tech job market when it is a tech job market?

[mountaineer]

Leading indicator of the (overall) tech job market is a better way to put it. The job postings in The Who Is Hiring? threads are a small sliver of the overall industry.

[Jiocus]

Not the author but I would assume they mean that "Who is hiring" was indicative of the job market outside the HN thread itself, in a macro-perspective.

[zdragnar]

It is a pretty narrow segment of a much larger market, presumably.

[UncleOxidant]

Isn't it too early to count the total on October 4th?

[altdataseller]

OP wants to be early to report a trend. Too early and premature IMO, but he wants to be first, I guess.