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		sakex on March 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired It feels like having niche skills like Rust or Transformers makes it much easier. I found a new job very quickly after being laid off.

mattgreenrocks on March 14, 2024 | [–]

Yep. You need to have things that make you stand out. Even with experience there's still a lot of people out there.

avmich on March 14, 2024 | [–]

Try niche skills like MFC, APL, Flash or even Haskell.

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