Acquire some special skill, don’t be a fungible software engineer. Learn C and contribute to an OS kernel. Learn FORTRAN or COBOL and learn to read and maint

Acquire some special skill, don’t be a fungible software engineer. Learn C and contribute to an OS kernel. Learn FORTRAN or COBOL and learn to read and maintain ancient codebases. Domain specific jobs tend to be much more rare, but also much easier to get if you have the unique skill set needed.