Couple thoughts - > rather obscure niche Maybe not as obscure as you think? Also possible if it really is that obscure then they have to pay a lot for the po

Couple thoughts - > rather obscure niche Maybe not as obscure as you think? Also possible if it really is that obscure then they have to pay a lot for the position, which means extra scrutiny in the hiring process. I know if I'm having to pay 2x or 3x just because someone has domain expertise, they damn well better knock my socks off and demonstrate that they're not a one trick pony. > got hired by another company as a generic web dev Happy for you that you got hired! Probably this was a numbers game, there's still way more web dev jobs out there than niche programming jobs, even if the market has tightened up a bit. You're still way more likely to find web dev postings than you are firmware positions, for example. That has been true for a long time and will almost certainly remain true for a long time.