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C++ has helped keep me employed during these trying times.
Speaking of which, I just got confirmation of my employment at a new software development shop today, I was one of their first picks for the development team. All thanks to my extensive knowledge of C++ and low-level systems programming. Well, maybe knowing one of the founders helped a bit too.
I quit my last job back in late November, was doing mind-numbing in-house
ENTERPRISE development at a fortune 1000 in Java. I some how survived the layoffs during 2009 and early 2010, but the fear of losing one's job there was pervasive. Fuck that noise.
Time to get back into some real hardcore software development. Getting paid $95k plus stock options now, which is a couple of notches up from where I was at previously