So I conclude that forums and personal blogs probably have little value to someone who wants to know if a job market is doing well.
An unduly harsh appraisal. I'd phrase it more as 'vague opinion not backed by specifics or statistics are of little value for assessing large-scale trends', which is not an appraisal I'd consider unjustified in very many areas!
Is the data for a uselessly narrow - or uselessly broad - category of 'actuaries'? etc.
The actuarial field has a bright line around it's borders: if you haven't passed your country's standardized exams, you're not an actuary.
So you do agree some fields are in decline!
Well yeah, I'd expect half the fields to be doing worse than median. My point was that it was unlikely that all fields I look at are in decline.
...I specifically mentioned Korea because of this potential for you to just say 'ah, but if you look somewhere else....' See comment #1 about de
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