I think it's starting to turn around. My sense is there's still a ton of devs on the market but there's a lot of jobs opening recently. Here's the data from the st luis fed: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE

Thanks for the link. Looks like it's the best it's been in ~2 years

From now on I'll never not think of St. Louis as San Luis.

In comp packages you also want to look for the exercise window clause. Some companies say you have to exercise your options within 90 days from leaving but I’ve worked at a startup where it was 5 years which is more employee friendly.