I sure wish I had unique (and useful) skills. I could command a very high salary. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the high tech industry, it’s that everyone is replaceable. Everyone is unique in his own way, but someone else is out there who can take his place.
If I could play Tinkerbell for a moment & could tap you on the forehead to give you one of the “hot” in-demand Software Engineering skillz, you’d be lucky to be working.
If you’re older, you’ll be actively discriminated against due to your age.
If the company is H1-B infested... well, they only hire their own kind.
If you look at dice.com right now, there are 82,168 tech jobs available. In reality, the overall number of tech jobs Dice really has may be 10 percent of that number.