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don’t forget your strategy

Let’s answer some of your most pressing questions: By importance” 1. What the heck is happening to the dev job market? Well Sherlock… * The global economy slowed down (war, high interest rates, etc).…

Dragos Nedelcu
Dragos Nedelcu

Jul 9, 2025 · 2 MIN READ

Let’s answer some of your most pressing questions:

By importance” 

1. What the heck is happening to the dev job market? 

Well Sherlock… 

  1. The global economy slowed down (war, high interest rates, etc).

  2. Big Tech is out of ideas:

    1. They are also out of cheap money 

    2. The laid off thousands of devs 

    3. Small companies emulated their behaviour 

  3. Everyone is thinking AI will help them automate instead of hire

The tech job market is tighter than we’ve ever seen it. 

But, if you look behind the hype:

  1. Tons of devs are still getting good offers

  2. Great companies hiring strongly 

Actually, the tide is changing. 

Even GitHub’s CTO admitted that we are going to still need developers. 

Tons of them. 

(if you are looking to quit and become a plumber… I would say wait a bit)

2. How can you still make it?

Nope, this is not about Leetcode, or AI tools. 

This is about strategy. 

Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess grandmasters of all time, said: 

“Tactics flow from a superior position.”

Meaning… It is a hell lot easier to win when you are in a good spot already. 

How to get to the good spot:

  1. Go full stack (even FE devs)

  2. Master live coding

  3. Specialize in a defined niche (fintech, health, crypto…)

(We show you how to do all this in our SE Mastery Mentorship – or you don’t pay. Book a call here.)

I see some devs waiting for 2021 to be back. 

It won’t.

The world is always changing. 

Adapt or get replaced.

3. Finnally, how much does your Mentorship cost?

Hehehe… 

A lot less than 6 month months stuck… 

With no real plan, accountability or feedback…. With hope as the only strategy. 

Or you can have Bogdan and me by your side. 

With all the knowledge and systems we've built in the last 5 years.

Your choice.

Fact is… If you are JavaScript developer with 3+ years of experience… You can’t afford to not do this thing. 

Jump on a call with me.

Depending on your situation… I will let you know the strategy and the pricing.

Till than, remember…

You need both strategy and tactics to win this game. 

Strategy we talked today. Tactics, maybe next week. 

Let’s do this,

Dragos 

P.S. Fast email wrote in exactly 20 min. Touch typing is a miracle :) 

P.S.S. If you are already on holiday right now… Enjoy the damn sun and forget about coding a bit, will ya? There will be plenty of it when you come back. 

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