Ask HN: Unemployed- skill up vs. lowering your standards?
How do you make that decision if you're unemployed and your network isn't very strong? Especially if you're in a technically focused career like software development and a lot of employment opportunities might hinge on current skillset.
Option 1: Skill up. This implies that you want to make yourself appealing for jobs you believe are better for you, and/or you don't believe there are many jobs that would hire you as-is.
Option 2: Lower standards. It implies that there are still plenty of jobs that would hire you with your background as-is, but you're not properly targeting them.
Are there good reasons to just skip the skill building for the time being, and lower your expectations greatly for a future job if your goal is to get a job as soon as possible?
Option 1: Skill up. This implies that you want to make yourself appealing for jobs you believe are better for you, and/or you don't believe there are many jobs that would hire you as-is.
Option 2: Lower standards. It implies that there are still plenty of jobs that would hire you with your background as-is, but you're not properly targeting them.
Are there good reasons to just skip the skill building for the time being, and lower your expectations greatly for a future job if your goal is to get a job as soon as possible?