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1. It's possible, but it's not easy to find those companies, as it's not really something you can really ask in an interview. You can possibly ask about work-life balance at least, and see what people say. Your best bet might be a large corporation with a steady but older product or technology. 2. Hard to say. I don't spend much time outside of work learning new tech, but I also try to find jobs where I get to practice them on the job, too (i.e. my current job is React, which I didn't know before taking this job, with various AWS/Azure tech I have to pick up bits and pieces of). 3. No, I wouldn't personally do that, especially on your salary. I've been able to get jobs without even sharing my github, which has almost nothing on it anyway, and nothing pertaining to the jobs I apply for (it's all game-related or some tiny scripts). I've also never had any interviewer ask me any questions based on my github when I have included the link. Also there have been times where I've been tossed a resume and been asked to interview someone in like, fifteen minutes, so I didn't have time to review a github properly. At best I'd check a portfolio website link if it was available, and read descriptions of the projects. I imagine many interviewers are given similar notice and don't have time to check your supporting links. 4/5. If you go the route of learning COBOL, you're going to be very limited in the types of jobs you can get and the industries you can work for (mainly government agencies and banks). I don't really know how lucrative it is, I've heard it can be, but every year more companies move away from it, so your options will keep decreasing. I personally wouldn't want to be in that position. 6. If you're only making 350 USD a month, I would definitely try to emigrate to another country. There's a lot more money you could be making if you were based out of another country (and still working remotely). I don't really know what to suggest there, as I've lived in the US my whole life and don't have those experiences, but there should be a path where you can increase your standard of living. |