I am earning 30% less than I was five years ago. I'm an embedded software engineer with over thirty years experience. My skills are still current, the jobs are overseas.
i dont feel sorry for you...i went from making 63K a year in 2001, to nothing clawed my way to 30k, 38k, 60k and now higher. I may lose my job again. Ill simply start over.
When it comes to economics, so many "conservatives" here are nothing more than fearful frightened pessimistic losers