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la6470on Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?

Do you mind sharing how you advertised your book or made it popular?

la6470on Ask HN: What was the job market like during the dot-com crash?

One of the most popular site that came into existence during the crisis was called fuckedcompanies.com which published layoff memos from all the companies. It wad that bad.

la6470on Ask HN: What was the job market like during the dot-com crash?

2000 I thought IT was the king. 2002 I knew business was the king.

la6470on Ask HN: What was the job market like during the dot-com crash?

I was a Unix sysadmin and in 2000 I could land a 100k job with 6 skills. 2002 I considered myself lucky if I could land a 60k job with 10 new skills. Since then every year I made it a point to tackle 4-5 new technologies. So far it has served me well.