I do Node.js as well, although it doesn't show nearly as strongly in my background due to every company I've been at wanting my frontend skills. I get pinged heavily due to being a major non-Google contributor in the Angular community (code contributions to Angular.js, Angular 2, Ionic, and am involved in the teams for Universal Angular, UI Bootstrap, and UI Router).
Finding a job is still pretty easy - I don't dispute that. Finding one that pays competitively, respects work-life balance, and focuses on quality of engineering & getting product right, even if it means pushing deadlines a little later is much harder I've found, unless you look to the Google/FB/Netflixes. My current job meets most of those bars (a little less on the salary side, but I was willing to accept that for everything else), but only dissatisfies me on wanting to move faster & having more influence on tech choices.
While there are no shortage of companies that want to hire, most haven't put their best foot forward I've found. The market is still good for software engineers, but it's noticeably not as compelling as it was just a half year ago - I feel like the balance has tilted a little more to the employer's side in the employee/employer dynamic.
Finding a job is still pretty easy - I don't dispute that. Finding one that pays competitively, respects work-life balance, and focuses on quality of engineering & getting product right, even if it means pushing deadlines a little later is much harder I've found, unless you look to the Google/FB/Netflixes. My current job meets most of those bars (a little less on the salary side, but I was willing to accept that for everything else), but only dissatisfies me on wanting to move faster & having more influence on tech choices.
While there are no shortage of companies that want to hire, most haven't put their best foot forward I've found. The market is still good for software engineers, but it's noticeably not as compelling as it was just a half year ago - I feel like the balance has tilted a little more to the employer's side in the employee/employer dynamic.