this entire conversation was sparked because of tech in particular, and what people not in tech don't understand is if you leave the field to go work another job that isn't tech-related, you fall behind in technology which is ever-evolving... no recruiter is going to hire you. if you're luckily you have connections and you may be able to nepo your way in, but ultimately you are incredibly undesirable. leaving to go work at chipotle for 2 years will ruin your entire career. your life situation and wanting to provide for your family does not matter to a corporation. paradoxically, if you've had no job at all during that time you have a better chance at telling them you were studying and building. your options for tech as a career are tech. if you veer off the path, you're not getting back on it. so as there's 100,000 devs in america looking for work, many of who already have experience - you can't tell me that you can't find anybody and you need to outsource. you just simply can't.
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