When will Tech hiring will reach precovid levels?

I have seen lot of posts about openings lately, are companies back to hiring now or what exactly is the market going on ? People who have recently applied can share their experiences on the market, compensation hike and ghosting by HRs if it is still happening

I have been reading posts about recovery in IT and that hiring has started happening again but really who is hiring? And are people really getting hired? I am yet to see posts on LinkedIn about people starting new jobs.

I am graduating in 2024 and looking for joining entry level product/business analyst roles . I am wondering when the things will get normalise and hiring frequency will become normal as most of the students even from IITs and other premium institutes are finding it hard to bag jobs unlike in past years , what should I do being a tier 3 college student having a mechanical engineering background who wants to switch to product/biztech roles , i am planning to puruse MIM abroad after 2 years , will I face any difficulties in finding jobs in European regions if target hec Paris/LBS OR INSEAD FRANCE OR ESSEC

Do I loose out on senior roles in larger/ ‘branded’ orgs as I gain more experience due not being an MBA from top 10? Current role - PM at Unicorn YoE - 4.5 , Pm ex -2 Education : BTech from tier 3 college Ctc - 41 lpa + esops I haven’t been able to get any short lists from MANGA or other large tech orgs only from startups.

Do you think recession will affect campus placement for next batch

For Software engineers with 7/8 years of experience or access to relevant data points, can someone tell me the following: Pay structure and salary increment in 2016-2019 cycle vs 2019-2023 cycle I have a feeling that a lot of SEs here have an inherent sense of entitlement, that they deserve a salary X / WFH / other covid perks... which is primarily pegged to the madness of 2020-22, where they were getting abnormal salary increments. My hypothesis is that they are still better off in 2019-23 cycle vs 2016-19 cycle. Thoughts?

I am graduating in 2024 and looking for joining entry level product/business analyst roles . I am wondering when the things will get normalise and hiring frequency will become normal as most of the students even from IITs and other premium institutes are finding it hard to bag jobs unlike in past years , what should I do being a tier 3 college student having a mechanical engineering background who wants to switch to product/biztech roles