It's not a good time to be a developer as it used to be. That was 10+ years ago, now the pay is much lower than it used to be. You used to be able to hop jobs

It's not a good time to be a developer as it used to be. That was 10+ years ago, now the pay is much lower than it used to be. You used to be able to hop jobs and make good jumps, now around here you hold on to those old jobs so you don't end up with a pay cut. So, it's much more limited, though it encourages more side work I guess, just so you have something interesting to work on.