I'm 39 and live on Long Island, NY. Been coding my whole life but was only able to go back to school and finish my CS degree in 2022. A friend of mine got me a job at a small company he worked for that paid $60k, and I was there for three years until this past October when I was laid off because my position was outsourced to the Philippines. Been looking for work but haven't found anything and all I see are stories of juniors starting at like $100k. Am I just completely screwed?

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Sorry to hear the trouble you are having, the it skills in demand are changing faster than ever, and Long Island is not chock full of tech.

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Start learning about whatever interests you and is cutting edge (which probably involves AI, no surprise there). It's going to be difficult to find a job if you're only focusing on a local market with no ability to move. Remote jobs are taken by lower-cost international or rural developers, as you've experienced.

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