Ask HN: How do I restart my career

Posted by rybamorska on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @07:56AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi. My last contract have ended in January, for various reasons, but burnout was a contributing factor. Since then I've been passively replying to Linkedin offers, but it looks like this won't land me any job. I'd like to be more active, but I have no idea what approach could help me land a good job.

My main language is Haskell, and i know a bit of C/C++

Any advice?

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Re:Ask HN: How do I restart my career by mtmail on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:19AM (#37831129)

On HN have a look at the monthly whoishiring threads and maybe add yourself there, too https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring

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Re:Ask HN: How do I restart my career by ps256 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:11AM (#37831066)

Two obvious problems

- you aren't applying actively

- your main language is Haskell

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Re:Ask HN: How do I restart my career by rybamorska on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:22AM (#37831150)

Ok, I've been applying actively, but not often, mostly because the amount of Haskell offers is limited. I'm willing to change language, and I'm currently considering Rust. Is this a good idea or is it still too niche?

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Re:Ask HN: How do I restart my career by catlover76 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @02:02PM (#37835349)

Rust is certainly a more employable language than Haskell, but why do you have this paradigm of having one obscure language that you think is the language you "do"?

If you have a good amount of experience, you should be competitive for a lot of jobs where they use C#, Python, JavaScript/Node/TypeScript, etc.

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