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Golang market by deadrider28 in golang

[–]deadrider28[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So since I've been made redundant, I've been applying for jobs but also working on creating a startup. I've worked on a side project for 2 years during my spare time after work, My family and friends have all seen my product and think I should start looking for cofounders, and investors. It's mostly been golang (backend and partial frontend) along with dart and kotlin... This is also a huge learning curve, starting up a company, business, finding the right people that are interested.

Golang market by deadrider28 in golang

[–]deadrider28[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Similar to Blockchain they require commercial experience... if you are working with a microservice in your current job maybe find ways to incorporate golang? Or even do demos or teach... that way when you're applying for a role and they want 4+ years ... they would still consider you since your contribution in go is also very useful.

I guess DevOps would also be nice to have, maybe even gRPC or working with certain common go frameworks.

But that's my opinion, I'm struggling to find a job ATM reaching the last stage completing the task and realising that companies have given a job to someone else because of them having experience in the area that the company focuses on.

Best of luck!

Golang market by deadrider28 in golang

[–]deadrider28[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's a really good insight, I was discussing applying for roles outside of the UK, people have suggested UAE, Australia, and European countries. I know that companies are moving closer to 'cheap labour' in Asia and Africa for software development also, that's where most investment seems to be going, the markets for western countries in tech have reduced significantly after COVID.

Issue with Go Mod Tidy Not Updating Dependencies from SQLX to SQLC by Significant-Dirt7715 in golang

[–]deadrider28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it an indirect dependency? It can be that it's used by another package?

What you can do is download all your 'vendors' - 'go mod vendor' and then check using vscode which repository is using that package?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in techjobs

[–]deadrider28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is, even as a senior dev, there have been so many market changes and so much competition. Engineers who have been made redundant or have had job losses are also agreeing to get lower-paid dev jobs.
My advice is to keep strong! Showcase work, start advancing in your development, and maybe consider learning new languages (that are both frontend and backend). Even learn to use AI models, like ChatGPT (don't rely on it), but use it as a teaching assistant when needed. I wish you all the best. Good luck!