When I first set out to create Prompt Engineering Jobs, it was more of a personal experiment than a grand business plan. I used Hugo to spin up the si

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When I first set out to create Prompt Engineering Jobs, it was more of a personal experiment than a grand business plan. I used Hugo to spin up the site in a single weekend, fueled by the hype around the now-infamous $300k “Prompt Engineer” salary postings that went viral in 2023 [0]. The idea was simple: gather all prompt engineering job opportunities in one convenient place. Little did I know it would catch on so quickly.

After sharing it on Show HN [1], the site quickly gained traction, attracting over 10,000 visitors within three days. The momentum continued as it was featured in various newsletters. Despite the high initial interest, managing Prompt Engineering Jobs was surprisingly light work. Updating new listings took only about five minutes of my day, which felt manageable for something that started as a passion project.

A year later, the landscape has changed dramatically. The 10 job postings per day declined to 5 per week, sometimes less, as large language models (LLMs) continued to advance; Prompt Engineering became a skill rather than a role. Add to that the crises in techie jobs in the last 2 years, with thousands of layoffs.