Rubyish Markers for the Economy

02/27/09

About a year ago I was looking for a job. It was really easy to get one. I finally got offered a job yesterday after ~5 weeks of searching. This has lead to some super-anecdotal statistics about Ruby job hunting, then and now.

Resumes per job offer:

| last year | this year | change         |

| 5:1       | 50: 1     | 1000% increase |

Time per job offer, measured in days:

| last year | this year | change         |

| 2:1       | 35: 1     | 1750% increase |

Hourly Salary Change, measured in $:

| last year | this year | change  |

| 80        | 75        | 94%     |