I pulled the data using HN API and confirmed this "reversal". "Who wants to be hired" posts are getting 2x more comments than "Who's hiring" posts (and seems to be accelerating). For reference, in 2022 it used to be 0.25.
I'm old, I'm from the times where demand for software devs greatly outpaced supply, but maybe we're seeing a reversal of it?
I don't want to draw any conclusions yet, there could be many things going on. My initial thoughts would be AI-related. We're either entering a general recession because the AI bubble is bursting, or the job market is changing due to AI.
Again, I don't have any answers, but it's something definitively interesting to discuss!
Here's the source code (including data): https://github.com/santiagobasulto/hn-who-is-hiring-analysis