Originally Posted by Unregistered

thank you guys for the wake-up call, for bringing me back to reality.

it is harsh but bottom-line is hirer can opt for younger applicants with some related technical skills asking for lesser instead of me.
also from manager to engineer will be tough since I always had vendors to rely on but I really don't want to have 0 specialized skills.
in that case, I should count myself lucky if new cloud/devops role can match my current salary, right.