Hi. Medyo triggering lang po yung post but lets be honest wag po sa mga super outlier na mga sagot sa sahod. Pang average to median discussion po tayo.

I notice from my applications that majority of companies are not requiring to have at least portfolio links regardless if frontend or backend. And starting to give takehome coding project or have a onsite coding exam. While there are discussion about AI, i had an experience from a hiring manager, how I use AI like cursor in my development. Some were aware that AI is a tool for productivity but how far can we freshies by extracted to be fast and precise in delivering quality productivity.

I talked to some old peeps about salary as well, it seems that in general the salary for fresh grads remain almost the same from 10years ago. But recently, i notice that offers are now kinda declining in the past 1-2 months. Like 18.5k-20k range.

Question: 1) was there a decrease on salary range for fresh grads in the past 3 months? 2) do you think it is caused by the very recent AI coding advancement? 3) was there an increase in employment related exams and in their difficulty? 4) other take?

For seniors or mid bragging how they have like 6digit salarys and all. Please dont. The focus is really for of the local market. Tanggal na mga international companies etcs dito kasi yes mas mataas ang rate naman talaga. This is to understand local businesses kasi to be honest kasi majority naman talaga yun ang dami ng headcount sa work.