That’s just the issue. When I was in my early 40s, I saw the way the wind was blowing and that “full stack development”,Mobile development and even “cloud” compensation was rapidly plateauing in tier 2 cities (where most developers work) and I definitely didn’t want to be standing in front of 20 somethings competing with other 20 something’s trying to prove myself through coding interviews.
Yes I code as part of my day job depending on the way the wind is blowing. But I get hired because I can talk to CxOs, directors and people with budget decisions on zoom or hop on a plane. Even my interview at AWS was all system design and behavioral.
If I ever responded to recruiters or people I know through my network at GCP, that’s the way I would get a job there.
But I would rather get a daily anal probe with a cactus than ever work for BigTech again and I’m damn sure not going back into an office.
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That’s just the issue. When I was in my early 40s, I saw the way the wind was blowing and that “full stack development”,Mobile development and even “cloud” compensation was rapidly plateauing in tier 2 cities (where most developers work) and I definitely didn’t want to be standing in front of 20 somethings competing with other 20 something’s trying to prove myself through coding interviews.
Yes I code as part of my day job depending on the way the wind is blowing. But I get hired because I can talk to CxOs, directors and people with budget decisions on zoom or hop on a plane. Even my interview at AWS was all system design and behavioral.
If I ever responded to recruiters or people I know through my network at GCP, that’s the way I would get a job there.
But I would rather get a daily anal probe with a cactus than ever work for BigTech again and I’m damn sure not going back into an office.