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A comment on Ask HN: How do I start feeling secure financially as a tech worker?.

Re:Ask HN: How do I start feeling secure financially as a te... by jonp888 on Monday November 14, 2022 @04:43AM (#33591886)
Get a job doing something 'boring'.

I work for a company which makes control systems for large industrial machinery. Our order book is about 10 years long. The products we sell will be in use for at least 30 years, and if at any time during that a safety issue is found, we are required to fix it. The team is quite small and we are fully stretched to meet the product requirements. In other words, layoffs are pretty much impossible

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Re:Ask HN: How do I start feeling secure financially as a te... by gaws on Monday November 14, 2022 @12:49PM (#33597985)
What's your salary? Where are you located?
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Re:Ask HN: How do I start feeling secure financially as a te... by basmango on Monday November 14, 2022 @02:31PM (#33599598)
Control systems is not boring, CRUD ecommerce sludge is boring
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Re:Ask HN: How do I start feeling secure financially as a te... by metabro on Monday November 14, 2022 @11:56PM (#33605469)
Would it pay as well as big tech co? In the Bay Area where I live that might cause me more anxiety.

I could leave but I’d be further from family and further from tech jobs. Feels like I might trade one anxiety for another.

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