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The problem is learning new skills is kind of a catch-22. After you've been doing something for a few years, assuming you're reasonably intelligent, you get to
by gozur88 11y ago
The problem is learning new skills is kind of a catch-22. After you've been doing something for a few years, assuming you're reasonably intelligent, you get to be an expert and command expert wages. Your employer is paying for an expert. He doesn't want to pay you expert wages to learn a a new, marketable skill. He can hire someone who already knows it. Or he can hire a new college grad for a fraction of what you make.
So you learn on your own time. But since you're doing tutorials and what not, and your time isn't infinite, when you actually apply for a job with this new skill your potential employer is going to wonder why he should pay you expert wages for a skill with which you still have effectively no professional experience.
- jjnoakes 11y agoSo you take a pay cut and work your way back up. Maybe go from $120k+ to $70k. The sky is not falling...
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- gozur88 11y agoYou can, but only if someone's willing to hire you. Employers are leery of hiring you for substantially less money than you made in the last job. The fear is you're still looking, and a few months down the road (before you've really accomplished anything) you'll quit.
- licoricetic 11y agoThere is no need to tell an employer your previous salary.
- gozur88 11y agoYou don't think it affects your job prospects when you refuse?
- zenlikethat 11y agoIf they won't hire you because you won't disclose your salary, you don't want to work for that company anyway.
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- whatok 11y agoI think a much more likely scenario is that you won't get an interview at all. An employer is unlikely to consider you for a junior role that requires < 5 years of experience when you've had > 10 years experience in another field.
- mcguire 11y agoProblem: cannot find jobs. Solution: don't want to work for them anyway.
- deathtrader666 11y agoWell in India recruiters ask for the current salary & expected salary by default. If you don't provide this info, your resume heads to the trash.