Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
by Findecanor on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @05:23AM
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It's that attitude of recruiters' that keeps me unemployable.
The fact is that the IT world does not progress in a linear direction. It's like a puddle that grows into multiple directions. But it is still covering most of the same spots as before. Banks still use COBOL. High-performance code is still in C or C++ with assembler (but that "C" may run on a GPU), etc.
Re:Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around
by mcv on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @05:32AM
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Just give the gap a name and it stops being a gap. Maybe you started your own company to unproductively mess around with stuff. Or call it a sabbatical. Those are popular.
The fact is that the IT world does not progress in a linear direction. It's like a puddle that grows into multiple directions. But it is still covering most of the same spots as before. Banks still use COBOL. High-performance code is still in C or C++ with assembler (but that "C" may run on a GPU), etc.