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In terms of skills I moved in the opposite direction as the tools got more advanced. There’s nothing stopping you from learning if you’re interested and have the time.
In terms of career development I think it’s a big mistake. There aren’t a ton of jobs there and it’s not getting better.
Interesting that’s partially why I thought going lower end would be better. More no code / AI tools seem to be taking the higher end applications by storm. Lower end is more complex and critical so I figured the jobs there would be better. Also with the addition of new chip architecture I figured the industry would have their work cut out for them
Lower end is more complex and critical
In that case, I suggest:
You're early enough in your career that going for a junior position in a company that does that sort of work should be easy enough. You could also do some solo projects and display on GitHub if you want to get an intermediate level position.
I've bluffed my way into technology changes every five or so years, across my career.
It went, for me, like:
Why do you want to do this, when you mostly have experience with that?
"It looks interesting."
Do you have experience with this?
"No. But I know how to read the documentation, I pay attention and ask questions when my colleagues explain something, and I studied the basics of this, in college."
It doesn't usually land me the job. But all I needed was an occasional "yes" here or there, to get started on something new, and expand my experience.
Plus, even the "no" interviews have still been good for my professional network.