You cannot control the BS interview. I had the same type of interview, it was for C# and .Net. All the questions pertained to debugging SQL errors. LOL The i

You cannot control the BS interview. I had the same type of interview, it was for C# and .Net. All the questions pertained to debugging SQL errors. LOL The interviewers were dicks, and after the interviewer I told their HR I was not interested in the job. That said. You have 4 choices IMHO - 1) go into management. Although most techies enjoy hands on and would hate this option. Personally I like team lead, as it was techie enough and I became the buffer between the non tech management and the people doing work 2) settle into a secure job. i.e. big company / government. They typically do not lay off as you get older. Although government and universities respect a degree. 3) keep chasing the new tech. This requires a lot of time self learning. You will find some tech will run dry on you. I find this path the hardest, but the most satisfying. But it is not the tact I took as I have a family to feed. 4) become an expert in A tech. Expert to the level that you have a blog on it, you present at conferences etc. This sounds like it would be real cool, but the risk is the tech dies. Yeah Java is still strong, but Pascal is not.