Quote Originally Posted by techgnome View Post
Fortunately I found a company willing to take a chance on me, that even though I didn't have any Java and very minimal web experience, I did have experience overall that could transfer, and that I was willing to learn new stuff, and that I was hungry for it. It did mean going from a "Sr Dev" to a "Jr Dev" and a 10% pay cut from where I was coming from at the time...

-tg
For many of us that are a jacksof all trades and a master of just one, that's exactly what we needed: a break, a company to take a chance. That happened to me twice. This current job and my last one. That last one, the only requirement I met was VB experience, but all self-taught. I took the job on a one-year probationary case at 10K less then position paid. The deal was that if I met/exceeded expectations, I would get a 10K raise on my anniversary. I had that job for 20 years.