[quote=barnaby33]Actually SDEngineer, I would dispute your claim. For the same level of skill I would have been paid almost the same if not the same amount that I was making when the bubble burst, and houses were 1/3 to 1/2 what they are now.
I am a software engineer. I’m also talking nominal dollars. In real dollars my salary has gone down.
Josh[/quote]
Part of salary expectations though is that you have to move up.. If you are at the same level of skill after all this time, you shouldn’t be working in this field to begin with…You’re younger counterparts with those same skills could do things much faster.
Unemployment is bad right now. No doubt, and no doubt employers can be extremely picky right now. But again, it’s not nuclear WWW3 wrto to engineering. You don’t simply ship stuff overseas and expect it to cost 1/3 as it use to. It just isn’t realistic nor feasible.
Wrto Defense Jobs.. Defense jobs exists..The issue is whether you already have a security clearance. Some companies aren’t willing to hire you if they need to wait 3+months for your clearance, and naturally non citizens need not apply.
