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>Now is a bad time.

Unfortunately for me, now's the best and only time, as I was laid off. I have to do what I can. Looks like it's time to overinflate the resume to stand out. Wish me luck.

>Two years ago

Two years ago was a temporary anomaly in many markets, not just employment, that we may never see in the near future.

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Right now is particularly bad though, one of the worst job markets for this field in quite a while, it will pick up at some point

Sure, but I can't stay unemployed until the market picks up, since nobody knows when that will be. If I go back to firmware and wait it out until the market picks up again, I might be too old to be considered worthy of a career switch if companies can find juniors 20 years younger.

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