However I am finding it hard to get a job. I got laid off in September. Employers want a square peg for a square hole. “Cisco engineer”, for example. I know enough to get around Cisco, Fortigate and a few others. And project management. And servers. And a dozen other technologies. With 20+ years experience. But I don’t find anyone paying enough for someone with a diverse skill set.
That’s more the fault of the company than you. We are at a point where companies don’t want to “waste money” waiting for a great employee to train up on their system and want drop in place cogs or to go for someone way cheaper abroad. My company is asking to only hire people that know our proprietary software or we hire people in the Philippines that aren’t even trained.
Don’t mistake the malice of the owning class as a personal failure for being multivaried, you would never be perfect in their eyes so don’t look at yourself through their lens.
Luck and networking is what gets people jobs these days.
Me, too.
However I am finding it hard to get a job. I got laid off in September. Employers want a square peg for a square hole. “Cisco engineer”, for example. I know enough to get around Cisco, Fortigate and a few others. And project management. And servers. And a dozen other technologies. With 20+ years experience. But I don’t find anyone paying enough for someone with a diverse skill set.
That’s more the fault of the company than you. We are at a point where companies don’t want to “waste money” waiting for a great employee to train up on their system and want drop in place cogs or to go for someone way cheaper abroad. My company is asking to only hire people that know our proprietary software or we hire people in the Philippines that aren’t even trained.
Don’t mistake the malice of the owning class as a personal failure for being multivaried, you would never be perfect in their eyes so don’t look at yourself through their lens.
Luck and networking is what gets people jobs these days.