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The job market right now is pretty brutal. If you can keep your current job, do it and if you have time try to contribute to an open source web project like dja
by shams93 10y ago
The job market right now is pretty brutal. If you can keep your current job, do it and if you have time try to contribute to an open source web project like django. If you can become a django contributor even for small bugs that will set you apart in a very crowded job market. Personally I was forced to take a brutal 75% income cut just to not go on unemployment in California and become homeless, here there is really no safety net. I've managed to stay in the game for 25 years but its not at all easy.
- karmajunkie 10y agoI'm not sure I'd characterize the job market right now as "brutal"—are you referring to the market specifically for late-career technologists? From what I can gather the job market seems about as healthy as it normally is in tech at least. Rougher perhaps if you're older or really junior (like fresh out of a code school junior) but if you're reasonably current it seems to me that there's at least some opportunites available.