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Yeah don't let the HN bubble make you think that companies want the newest best tech. That's for startups only. The bigger the company, the slower they move. The company I work for retired tape backups a few years ago and Lotus Notes around the same time. The Lotus notes servers are still running. Our user names are based on an old IBM system etc. There will always be jobs in "old" tech and it usually pays pretty well.

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100% this ^

For every cutting edge startup chasing young people to abuse, there are a dozen existing companies with tons of legacy technical debt. They don't pay FANG salaries, but they will pay.

In my experience lately, it seems like Engineering and Developer positions have taken a hit, but backend infrastructure and DevOps type positions are still very hot, especially if you have cloud automation experience and know your way around Linux.

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