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Feel stuck in an unideal position (self.experienced_devs)

submitted 1 year ago by usb_see to c/experienced_devs

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I'm netting < $10 an hour doing part-time full stack dev at an ultra-small organization for a few years post-BSCS.

Fear of resume gaps and the current job market have me afraid to renegotiate. In fact, they're going to cut my hours soon, which makes it seem like they can only afford ~$150 a week.

I'm getting worse at programming and there's no one to learn from.

What do you think I should do?

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[–] philm 7 points 1 year ago

Either start applying, it's not that seniors aren't in demand.

Or (additionally) what I personally have found interest in, is just diving more and more into open source. I think this actually improves my abilities (and fun/interest) most (writing and exploring open source). I kinda "feel" that in my workplace as often my opinion is asked and I have something new/innovative to offer (that I've learned from a good open source codebase), that ends up being adapted.