You have to move to find work now. People aren't willing to move any more - that is a part of their reserve price calculation. I have moved six times since 2003

You have to move to find work now. People aren't willing to move any more - that is a part of their reserve price calculation. I have moved six times since 2003. "Median wages not climbing" much reflects the abject terror in almost all the economy - except that part of the economy which specializes in giving the appearance of innovation, tech - that one might actually innovate. Until you've bred, trained and presented the racehorse that will save $x million, only to have people tell you "we don't understand it[1], so we're scuttling it" , it might be harder to see. [1] "Do you understand Word and Excel macros?" "Yes, of course." "This is just like that." "We still don't understand." The private sector now is embracing a level of willful, egregious technological ignorance I've not seen in my adult life. The whole culture has been led down the garden path of "web development" and anything that is not that, is suspect.