Lenny's late-2026 tech jobs report: PMs winning, engineers plateauing, design at record low
lennysan · x · 2026-11-13
Lenny Rachitsky's late-2026 job market report, based on TrueUp (9,000+ tech companies) and Live Data Technologies (124M professionals): PMs benefit most in the AI era, engineering demand has stalled, design roles are at a record low, jobs are concentrating in the Bay Area, remote is at a record low, and tech hiring growth is mostly outside software.
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