Yeah. Very true: the need changes quickly.
Half of these will be out of vogue in 2 years.
The reason they pay so much is they are looking for someone with 3 years experience in a specific discipline that’s 2 years old....
Hen’s teeth...
Bkmrk
This article did not mention the one thing that will kill your chances in high tech regardless of your skill set....if you are over the age of 45 you may well be a goner in terms of ever working in high tech again
It’s interesting that a number of years ago, Java was considered a “throwaway language”.
Sun Micro virtually gave it away.
A hunnert n' ten thou ...
PLUS a salary ?
Then you get to train your H1-B replacement who will work for 25% of that.
Plumbers,HVAC techs,boilermakers,machinist etc. can make 6 figures a year if they are skilled enough and work hard. But the College elites will always look down on them, even while their former College graduates are waiting tables.
IT is still very lucrative. The key is as with anything which is to get in the door and gain experience. Anything related to rdbms/big data will always be a winner. The need to acquire, process, and make data actionable is only going to grow. Some of the list above will be gone in the next few years but learning to code and learning databases and technology is never a loser especially if you know how to generalize your experience and apply it to new areas in order to learn new things.
I am in the Data Center power back-up business and it seems quite lucrative. New installs every week and ongoing service/ support.
Good for folks that don’t let a little 480 bother them.
I know relatively few use JDBC directly, most Java database programming will use Spring Framework and/or Hibernate.
I like to capitalize on synergies to create efficiencies. Give me mo’ stupid money for sayin’ it.
HVAC tech here, $150-200/year not unusual... High School grad too!