# Hotfix Blog

Original analysis from the same tech job dataset that powers Hotfix. Each post is also markdown at its URL with a `.md` suffix.

- [How old is too old to apply for a job? A third of live tech jobs went up over 90 days ago](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/how-old-is-too-old-to-apply-for-a-job) (2026-11-02): Of 27,484 live tech jobs, 36.5% were posted more than 90 days ago. Half of all listings come down by day 50, so a job still up at day 90 has outlasted three in four. Here is what a listing's age tells you, and when it is still worth applying.
- [Hotfix is the hiring system built for agents](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/hosted-hiring) (2026-10-29): Ask Claude or ChatGPT to post the job and book the interviews. Hotfix hosts the job, takes the applications, sends the mail and keeps the record. The first job is free.
- [Search Hotfix jobs from Claude or ChatGPT](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/claude-chatgpt) (2026-10-19): Connect Hotfix to Claude or ChatGPT and ask for jobs in your own words. Your assistant searches 27,469 open tech jobs and keeps your watchlist. It's free.
- [How long do entry level jobs stay open? 6 in 10 disappear within 60 days](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/how-long-entry-level-jobs-stay-open) (2026-09-06): Across 3,796 postings for entry level candidates tracked by Hotfix, 59.9% disappeared from the employer's ATS within 60 days. Remote openings moved fastest, and internships do not explain the result.
- [Remote tech jobs in 2026: one in three postings is still fully remote](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/remote-tech-jobs-2026) (2026-08-25): Across 20,350 tech jobs posted to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and Rippling in the last 60 days, remote, hybrid, and onsite roles split 34%, 34%, and 32%. Return-to-office headlines describe real employers. They do not describe the whole market.
- [Do remote jobs pay less? Yes, 13% less, and remote work isn't the reason](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/do-remote-jobs-pay-less) (2026-07-28): Remote engineering jobs advertise about 13% below onsite ones. Sort tech employers by what they pay and the reason shows up immediately: the lowest-paying quarter post half their roles remote, the highest-paying quarter post under a third. Inside any one company, remote and onsite pay the same to within a couple of percent.
- [What it means when a job is reposted: data from 2,190 recycled jobs](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/what-it-means-when-a-job-is-reposted) (2026-07-20): We tracked 2,190 tech jobs that were removed and reposted with a fresh date over 11 weeks. The median repost made the job look 53 days newer than the search really is. Here is what a repost actually signals, and how to treat one.
- [AI engineer salaries in 2026 carry a 6% to 11% premium](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/ai-engineer-salary-2026) (2026-07-10): AI-related engineering jobs advertise higher salaries at every major career level, with a 6% to 11% premium over other engineering roles.
- [Only 1 in 10 tech engineering jobs is entry-level](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/entry-level-tech-eng-share-mid-2026) (2026-06-29): Across 9,338 tech engineering jobs posted to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and other supported ATSes since February 28, 2026, just 11% are open to entry-level engineers. Senior, staff, and principal jobs outnumber entry-level ones more than 5 to 1. Of 224 high-volume tech employers in our index, 28% posted zero entry-level jobs at all.
- [One in three tech jobs is still up 60 days after posting](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/ghost-job-rate-q2-2026) (2026-06-29): Across 13,434 tech jobs from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and other ATSes, one in three was still live 60 days after posting and one in eight was still live after 90 days. The worst concentrations: hardware engineering, AI-adjacent roles, and onsite work.
- [Welcome to Hotfix Blog](https://hotfix.jobs/blog/welcome) (2026-06-28): Data analysis from the same job dataset that powers Hotfix, published in the open.