This is a good cautionary tale for younger developers. Know how to market yourself, or you'll end up throwing yourself a public pity party to try to get a job

This is a good cautionary tale for younger developers. Know how to market yourself, or you'll end up throwing yourself a public pity party to try to get a job (sorry for being harsh, but that's what a post full of impressive achievements followed by "I'm broke and unemployed at 46, and not qualified for anything" is). This guy has probably more cumulative knowledge and experience than 99% of the developers at any famous large company or startup. But there are tens of thousands of engineers nowhere near as good as he is making a quarter million, half million dollars a year or more, while he's posting about being broke. A common objection to this is that you have to pick between pleasing recruiters or pursuing your passion. But that's a false dichotomy! François Chollet, John Carmack, or Yves Lecun to name a few are the best in the world at their specific niche, and they're not in that situation - as are many others with slightly less impressive resumes than they have. So clearly it can be done. Edit: surprised to be so quickly downvoted. You'd think that for a site where raising millions of dollars is glorified every day, HNers would consider being a broke technical genius a bug, not a feature. Either this is the very first thing the guy did when looking for a job, in which case I find it very odd (can you imagine if John Carmack posted something about how he needs a job but he's "not qualified for anything"?); or he's posting this after many emails sent, interviews passed, coffee had, etc., in which case this only adds to my point.