The current economy is turning out to be a tough time for everyone, and the software development field is no different.
One advantage that software developers have, however, is that they can use the time while unemployed to sharpen their technology skills and use open-source and/or free technologies to create applications of their own, free of corporate deadlines and restraints. If there's a programming language they've been looking to learn or a hot new IDE that everyone's been talking about, they now have the chance to check it out!
SD Times would like to hear your stories. If you would like to share what you're doing with neat applications or anything software-related while out of work, please email me at jfeinman@bzmedia.com.
Even in today's economy, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. But for now, that tunnel doesn't have to be so dark.