[meiraleal]

> if you think that makes sense id appreciate if you could ask your IRL person to email me :-)

He just explained that he has no intention to dox himself plus with 31 years of experience he is one of the few in his field. Do you think you would be able to catch up and be able to stand your ground in this market with less than say 10 years? It wouldn't make sense and you probably wouldn't risk doing the change so even if he thought it made sense to send you an email, it would be for nothing. You can still get his advice and use it for the specialization you can get based on your current experience.

[em-bee]

sending a private email is not necessarily doxing himself, at least not publicly (which is what doxing usually implies)

besides, the email would not have to even reference this thread. anyone reading who is in a similar situation could be responding and i would not be able say if it is the same person.

for the experience part he said he is training new people, not knowing what the field is, the question is if it is something a developer could specialize in. the answer could be "no". for all we know the specialization could be in bee-keeping.

so for that matter, if anyone has recommendations for a software developer on what to specialize in that they do not want to share publicly, please contact me.