lol… I don’t think you’re right at all.

Everybody overhired coders in 2020-2021, and everybody has been shedding them since… along with tons of other roles.

Sure, they are always hiring and there’s always exceptions. If the job is 60k and you have 3000 applicants and 300 of them have over 3 years of experience… how can a 0 YOE possibly compete?