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0 pointscapital_omega15y ago0 comments

Also, though a lot of people won't admit to it, he's putting himself in danger by taking a mediocre job. He can very easily be typecast into that sort of role for a long time.

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PonyGumbo15y ago

Is it a bigger danger to work in a mediocre job than to have a two year span of unemployment on his resume?

Tichy15y ago

I'd say yes - I was pigeonholed as a Java Developer for 10 years...

tansey15y ago

Oh come on. Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps if you don't like that. Find a hot new language and play with it in your spare time. Start an open source project with it. Contribute to the community. Then apply to jobs with that knowledge and skill set on your resume, and you'll break out of that role. Just have to want it.

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capital_omegaOP15y ago

I don't know, but I think both are bad. If I were him, I'd probably bump the college degree by a couple years.

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