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🤔 Lost your job at 48 and struggling to find a new one? You’re not alone! Here are some options to consider:
- Remote Work: Competitive, but worth exploring.
- On-Site Job: Moving might be necessary, but think about the costs and priorities.
- Downgrade to Individual Contributor: A pay cut may be involved, but it’s an option.
- Sideways Career Change: Utilize your skills in a different field like HR or project management.
- Complete Career Change: Transition into a hands-on job, but be prepared to start from scratch.
What do you think could be the best option for you given your background and circumstances? Let’s brainstorm and support each other in this challenging time! 🔍💼
i can’t say for certain about all groups at microsoft, but i do know a ton of them do recruit for entirely remote roles, even as a manager.
Location is everything – without that information it’s hard to comment.
Have you thought about moving out of software development and maybe in to a general IT role, like a IT manager, or a CIO if you are high level?
Individual contributor with pay cut seems safest. The industry was inflated by VC money and now is not. Act like you want the individual contributor role you’re applying for, but of course you’d be hoping you could advance back to leadership.
Another possibility: IT consulting for Accenture or something like that. I don’t know much about it, but maybe it would work.
Maybe you could try making some dumb games or apps that make money. It doesn’t have to be a huge hit to pay the mortgage.
Defense contractors are always down to hire old people with engineering degrees. Id apply there if you have not yet
Your first point of action in my opinion would be to contact the connections you have made in your career. 18 years, you should have developed relationships with either clients or colleagues or manufacturers or smtg
If your family depends on you bringing the money in then you gotta take action on some front. There is such a thing as analysis paralysis. My advice:
1. Job on site without a pay reduction or even a possible pay increase; in line with your previous experience. OR
2. Remote position with a pay cut (I cannot speak to the challenges of becoming a coder again but will say just like there’s muscle memory you will hopefully “get it back”)
I don’t see any other options are being viable given finances are an issue.
Apply for any job on site and accept it. Rent a room to crash through the week while you work and something better comes along. Lie about the layoff and pretend you still working there, but looking cause you’re worried about RTO
You’ve been looking for 1 month and are already this worried? Either this post is fake or you need to get a reality check. In this economy, finding a job will take time, even for software engineers. Frankly, I wouldn’t expect to find something for about 6 months if I were you.