--- title: How I Tracked the Tech Job Market as a Working Student description: A working student built an automated pipeline using dlt and Claude to analyze 987 HackerNews 'Who is Hiring?' job posts across 3 months (Apr–Jun 2026). The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-tracked-the-tech-job-market-as-a-working-student-9kgbqxjpv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How I Tracked the Tech Job Market as a Working Student | daily.dev og:description: A working student built an automated pipeline using dlt and Claude to analyze 987 HackerNews 'Who is Hiring?' job posts across 3 months (Apr–Jun 2026). The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-tracked-the-tech-job-market-as-a-working-student-9kgbqxjpv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9KgBqxJpv.png og:image:alt: How I Tracked the Tech Job Market as a Working Student og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How I Tracked the Tech Job Market as a Working Student **[dltHub](https://daily.dev/sources/dlthub)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A working student built an automated pipeline using dlt and Claude to analyze 987 HackerNews 'Who is Hiring?' job posts across 3 months (Apr–Jun 2026). The pipeline extracts tools, roles, locations, and remote status from job listings using Claude Haiku, runs incrementally (first monthly run ~$0.40, reruns free), and auto-updates a live dashboard. Key findings: Python and AWS dominate, Claude is now mentioned in 5.3% of job posts (up from 3.6% in April), while Copilot mentions are declining. The whole project was built in one AI conversation using dlt AI Workbench and deployed with a single command. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of tech job postings mention Claude as a required or preferred tool? Claude was mentioned in 5.3% of tech job postings analyzed from HackerNews' monthly hiring threads, up from 3.6% in the prior month, giving it the highest share among AI coding tools tracked. Copilot mentions were declining over the same period while Cursor mentions fluctuated month to month. _Developers weighing which AI tools to learn next can follow tool-adoption signals like this on daily.dev._ ### How much does it cost to run an incremental data pipeline that processes new HackerNews job posts every month using dlt? The first run of the month costs about $0.40, while every subsequent re-run in that same period costs $0, because the pipeline uses incremental loading so it never reprocesses old data. This pattern was designed with Claude inside dlt AI Workbench for a pipeline analyzing HackerNews hiring threads. _Teams estimating pipeline costs can track real-world dlt cost examples like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [3 Claude Skills Every Data Scientist Needs in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/3-claude-skills-every-data-scientist-needs-in-2026-shxmyfel1) · Towards Data Science · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-tracked-the-tech-job-market-as-a-working-student-9kgbqxjpv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How I Tracked the Tech Job Market as a Working Student","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-tracked-the-tech-job-market-as-a-working-student-9kgbqxjpv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-tracked-the-tech-job-market-as-a-working-student-9kgbqxjpv"},"datePublished":"2026-07-10T08:39:11.941Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:00:13.537Z","description":"A working student built an automated pipeline using dlt and Claude to analyze 987 HackerNews 'Who is Hiring?' job posts across 3 months (Apr–Jun 2026). 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