I started working in 1996. The dot com bust wasn’t bad if you were in a market with profitable enterprise companies like banks, insurance companies, etc. I co

I started working in 1996. The dot com bust wasn’t bad if you were in a market with profitable enterprise companies like banks, insurance companies, etc. I could throw my resume up in the air and find plenty of commodity Windows programming jobs. It’s much worse now. I found a job quickly both last year and the year before. But that was only because I have a combination of skills and experience that puts me at the top of the pile of resumes in my niche.