my favourite pastime lately has been reading random job descriptions

My current job ends this month and i’ll be starting a new one after a short break.

the job hunt process this time around was honestly exhausting, but one weird habit i picked up during it was reading all kinds of job descriptions across industries. product, ops, strategy, growth, customer success, random niche startup roles… i’d just keep opening tabs.

now that i’m in my last few weeks at work with almost zero workload, i still randomly scroll job boards and read summarized JDs for fun 😭

weirdly enough, it teaches you a lot about:

1/ what skills companies actually care about

2/ which roles are getting overloaded with expectations

3/ how different startups position the same job very differently

4/ what the market is valuing right now

Feels like a very underrated way to understand the job market better, even if you’re not actively applying anymore.