When Obama was elected I owned a saltwater fish store. Obama all but killed that market. Hobbies are the first thing to go.
So I went back to my roots. Renewed a few certifications and got back in to the tech sector. The type of work I do is needed regardless of market conditions. When things don’t work, they need to be fixed in the area I specialize in.
I’m turning work down I am so busy.
“Hobbies are the first thing to go.”
Anywhere people used to spend discretionary dollars in the “before-times” are getting killed. High-end restaurants, shopping malls, etc. - all getting crushed. Here in northern NJ we have a brand-new mall, completed a couple of years ago (complete with an indoor ski slope) that never opened. It is absolutely creepy; this isn’t a strip mall, but the real deal (right by Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands).