Some of these guys may be super specialized, and not find easy opportunities in their line. Others may just not be agile enough to stay on top of the latest thi

Some of these guys may be super specialized, and not find easy opportunities in their line. Others may just not be agile enough to stay on top of the latest thing that came up in the last 6 months, which is perhaps more of a DevOps mentality. But on the hardware aspect, I would think there is hope. Given the increasing move towards the new maker mode of desktop fabrication & IoT, there should be demand for people with hardware skill sets that integrate well with web, cloud & mobile. The problem always remains that the smartest minds are frequently poor at marketing themselves.