Ask HN: I'm 26 and would like to make 100k/yearly before I'm 30. How do I do it?

Re:Ask HN: I'm 26 and would like to make 100k/yearly before ... by playing_colours on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @11:50AM (#5826370)

>>Quit focusing on what solutions you'd need to learn in order to get to the next level. Instead focus on what problems pay the most. Never, ever market yourself in terms of the tools you use. Market yourself in terms of the problems you solve.

This sounds great, but will it work in the current job market? If I have large experience say in Rails and want to join a company working on interesting problems, but they use Django. What are my chances to sell myself to them?

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Re:Ask HN: I'm 26 and would like to make 100k/yearly before ... by benjamincburns on Thursday June 06, 2013 @10:38AM (#5832680)

Thanks for asking this - it raises a point that I forgot to make.

You're not going to do as well at a company which hires based on the solution as one which hires based on the problem. Ideally you want to be in a position where you're being held accountable by people for which the specific technical details of the solution are mostly out of their scope.

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