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Tech Market Pulse Check

Tech Market Pulse Check

New year, new market update. Best enjoyed alongside all those productivity apps you just downloaded and will definitely use all year. 😉

📍Where we’re at:
• Market maintains cautious but stable trajectory
• Unemployment holding steady
• Wage growth remains conservative
• Contractor rates stalled, waiting for big enterprise and gov spending
• Meta cuts fact-checking and DEI in pro-Trump strategy shift
• “Hushed hybrid” trend emerges as managers quietly bypass RTO mandates
• Tech giants ramping up AI spend in race to AGI
• Every sector rushing to convert AI potential into profit
• Skills demand outpacing broader economy growth by 2x
• Cybersec, climate tech and biotech lead growth sectors

🔭 What’s ahead:
• Optimism for February rate cut, though mid-year timing more likely
• Tech IPO pipeline to strengthen as companies eye late 2025 listings
• AI startups to consolidate as larger players dominate
• Demand for agile talent set to rise as orgs balance speed and spend
• Wage growth likely to stay in the slow lane
• Widening critical skills gap, particularly across AI, climate, cyber

💡 Bottom line: In this careful market, good decisions start with good intel. As it happens, our 2025 Technology Salary Guide is practically bursting with it. Grab it now, down there in the comments.🔗👇

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