News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Senior Devs, what career have you moved on to avoid impeding doom?.

Re:Ask HN: Senior Devs, what career have you moved on to avo... by HamburgerEmoji on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:07AM (#28987963)
Hmm. I have a hard time believing that companies will ever not need to express some business-related desire and have it translated into software for them. That's my job -- to listen to what people need, and to make stuff that will do that for them. Have you considered starting a small software consultancy?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Senior Devs, what career have you moved on to avo... by iExploder on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:00PM (#28991028)
I'm contracting right now. I have to be honest I can't really complain in this instance. That being said, I'm located in Austria due to family reasons and it seems a total wasteland here contract-wise; and feels like the grim reaper is behind the next contract.

In the EU, the trend that I'm seeing right now is even "remote" contracts require you to be located in that specific EU country. Haven't tried US yet, but I assume without personal contacts and impeccable credentials it is not realistic to convince someone beyond the great pond to hire me.

I imagine my colleagues in the UK or elsewhere might not feel the impending doom, because contracting/consulting over there is pretty much the norm.

[ Parent | on HN ]