A tech work / employability question for the UK context...
If you're a highly adaptable developer in the UK with a CS degree, 15+ years experience mainly in web/app stuff with PHP, Python, Perl, JS/TS type background... Linux native (but not exclusive), some relevant system management skills, etc... not up to date on the latests whizz-bang infrastructure complications (K8S, etc), and not particularly interested in "dev ops" anyway... mainly want to code and build things...
Is there any particular training or education *worth* doing to improve employability? Anything that actually gets results when throwing job applications into the giant (AI-)black-hole that is the current UK dev job market?
Is there any hope out there?
Anything...
Or is it better to look to give up, exit tech... but then: what next? What else can "pay the rent" 🤷🏻♂️
(This is not about me, I'm employed, thankfully... but this seems to be a whole big problem right now and it all seems a bit hopeless.)
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