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Tech Hiring Prioritizes Experience Over Skills; Shift Toward AI Data Roles

A16z's newsletter 'Chart of the Week' analyzes several tech trends based on recent data. It reports that tech job postings since January 2025 show an increased preference for experienced workers and a corresponding decrease in the number of skills required, suggesting an AI-driven shift. This trend is most pronounced in data and systems roles. The newsletter also observes that social media usage is rising, particularly among younger users, but its share of mobile screen time is declining, partially due to increased time on YouTube. Netflix's US users and viewing time have declined over three years, with a 20% drop in YouTube users who also use Netflix. Cybersecurity threats are escalating: the zero-day rate has quadrupled since 2020, and data center construction spending has surged, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.

• Tech job postings show a 5-10% increase in preferred years of experience and a corresponding drop in preferred skills since January 2025.
• Data and systems jobs show the largest premium for experience.
• Netflix weekly users and time spent in the US have dropped ~15% and 30% respectively over the past 3+ years.

Boomi Appoints Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer

Boomi, the data activation company for AI, announced the appointment of Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer. Hickman will lead Boomi's global finance organization, including financial planning, accounting, treasury, tax, and reporting. He brings three decades of senior finance leadership, with experience at Proofpoint, Adobe, Marin Software, eBay, and Vitria Technology. At Proofpoint, he helped navigate a $12.3 billion take-private and a $1.8 billion acquisition. Boomi's CEO Steve Lucas highlighted Hickman's experience across IPO, take-private, and acquisitions. The appointment supports Boomi's scaling efforts with over 30,000 customers and 2,200 employees.

• Boomi appointed Mike Hickman as CFO.
• Hickman previously served as SVP of Finance at Proofpoint for 7.5 years.
• He has experience with IPO, take-private, and large acquisitions.

Boomi Ranked No.1 in ISG 2026 Integration Guide

Boomi was ranked the #1 overall software provider in ISG Buyers Guide™ for Application Integration 2026, placing in ISG’s highest quadrant classification, Exemplary. ISG Software Research evaluated 24 providers and designated Boomi a Leader overall and in every category, including #1 rankings for Capability and Product Experience and top scores in Customer Experience. ISG cited Boomi’s breadth of integration, API management and AI capabilities and highlighted the company’s expansion into agentic integration development, agent management and governance. Quotes from Boomi and ISG research leadership emphasize the company’s investments in integration, automation and agent governance to support operationalizing agentic AI.

• Boomi was ranked #1 overall software provider in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for Application Integration.
• ISG placed Boomi in its highest quadrant classification, Exemplary, and named it a Leader in every category evaluated.
• The report evaluated 24 providers; Boomi received #1 rankings for Capability and Product Experience and the highest score in Customer Experience.