Too many people got hired by their friends without any experience and “worked” remotely so skills never developed. Look at the linked in profiles of most people getting laid off…mostly all of them have worked for other big tech companies for 6 months to a year…usually around the time you boss can figure out if you can do the job or not. But let’s keep recycling these same people because they “worked” at meta for 6 months…many people are out here sitting at home watching Netflix not working lol

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Yeah that’s a stigma I face as I stealthily search for greener pastures while employed and “happy” (I am but they simply are not competitive with pay). I’ve got all the experience for the jobs I’m applying for but I’ve been at the same company in the same industry for close to 20 years.

I’m a firm believer that “industry expertise”, while always having value, is becoming much less so in SaaS/tech fields. Every business is on the verge of or already conducting theirs in a different (digital) ecosystem, so sales, account management, solution engineering all have opportunities. I myself am trying to take advantage and jump into a new industry if I can.

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