With many who are talking about an impending recession, which frankly I am not seeing it happening other than this market "correction" manifesting itself recently, I wanted to know if it's a good time to look for a new higher paying job.
My work is contracting with government which seems to be stable. Even if a recession comes, the government, as it has done in the past 15 years, will most likely try to increase some sort of spending on itself, and based on that, I hope my role doesn't get put on a chopping block (the job security angle).
I mainly want to do this for higher pay. I've been conducting interviews with many potential candidates in the past year or so, and as the time goes by, I see many candidates who I interview are just getting more subpar by the week. The sad part is, they are probably get paid at much higher rate than most of us who have been around with the company for a decade.
I know my limitations, but I also know that I have the tenacity to get things done.
I just don't know with the recent exposure of parameters in micro and macro economics whether it's prudent to pull the trigger and find another job (which I think it won't take long because of scarcity of skill sets at my level).
