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Ask HN: How are you dealing with the job market anxiety? (derp.foo)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I started working in the last decade(around 2011) and my safety net has always been my skills and the ability to get another job whenever I want or maximum about 6 months.

However given the current market scenario getting a new job has become so much harder that I am starting to question my skills and whether that safety net still holds true.

How are people dealing with this?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's not a safety net. Not at all...

[–] eyes 1 points 1 year ago

Feeling this for the last year or so. Graduated into a recession completely broke and unable to get a dev job, ended up doing admin with a side of dev work (as they found out I was "technically minded" - obviously without any extra pay) for the last 8 years to make ends meet. Quit my job in November of last year to do a coding bootcamp to update my knowledge and try again - learnt more in 4 months then I did in 3 years at university. Graduated into another recession and historic tech sector layoffs. Feels bad.