In the past you could ride the winning horse, which was Microsoft, and you would almost always be in a job. I did this myself for 20 years. But in about the last 5 years the market diversified away from Microsoft. Amazon invented the cloud, smart phones became prolific and client side JavaScript libraries became the new way everything is done in the Web world.
I also read a lot about people that thought they were too old now for IT and nobody wanted them anymore. That's rubbish as far as I'm concerned. Businesses will always hire people who have the latest greatest skills and the experience that goes with it. So 2 years ago I got a pluralsight subscription and learnt angular. And it was eye opening and door opening. It is definitely a path worth taking for people in the Microsoft world. Angular 2 will be even better. You need to diversify to be relevant. Investigate the job market, figure out what is in demand and make the transition. The reason I recognised it changed was only because I saw it happen to my dad when they went from mainframe to micro to pc. He was great on mainframe and micro but couldn't really transition to pc, which left him in unemployment for a significant period of time. Things have changed and even Microsoft recognises it. You need to adapt and keep up as well. T. On 7 Jun 2016 10:22 AM, "Greg Keogh" <gfke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a tough time down there too. Everywhere seemed to want an AngularJS >> "expert" when I was looking. >> > > Oh hell! I'll never work again -- *GK* >
