Look at traditional firms, banks, public, utilities. IBM, GE, BofA, state/federal.
Skill in niche areas where everyone else is at retirement age (mainframe integration stacks/web). Everything else is chasing flavor-of-the-month and you’ll work 60 hours just to keep a resume current. Expect to have to lead a team or move into architecture at some point.
Traditional firms will blow smoke about innovation, tell them you want to work on an MS or MBA at nightschool or something attractive to an interviewer and then stall until you figure out the org and find a place to camp.
Skill in niche areas where everyone else is at retirement age (mainframe integration stacks/web). Everything else is chasing flavor-of-the-month and you’ll work 60 hours just to keep a resume current. Expect to have to lead a team or move into architecture at some point.
Traditional firms will blow smoke about innovation, tell them you want to work on an MS or MBA at nightschool or something attractive to an interviewer and then stall until you figure out the org and find a place to camp.