[0xmarcin]

I guess it all depends on the current demand. I remember a few years ago there was a huge shortage of devops in my area (central europe). Anyone, even with limited experience and skills (often after a few months of bootcamp training) could get a well paying job. Now the craze is about k8s and developing software in the cloud. So in my area if you have solid k8s experience, even with no network and bad rep you will be swimming in the sea of offers (the culture is different here, usually nobody wants to contact your previous employer).

On the other hand I am doing boring Java development with microservices. I guess there is too much people with similar skillset, I would probably need to interview for a few months before I land an offer (processes are getting longer and longer even in remote EU areas).

Another market trend that I am seeing is security, sec related positions often pay you 30% more than regular dev ones. But this is totally different track that requires a lot of effort to get into.