That's generous? I've been through two RIFs and countless hiring freezes some with rescinding offers in big name companies, startups and "unicorns" and it was always at least that or more.
They aren't making prosthetic legs. They're making cosmetic covers for prosthetic legs. There's a big difference there, in terms of durability of materials and engineering behind the design.
Probably not but it is a short term project (6+ months). I am skeptical if it would place a dent on my resume if I went to an older technology. It would be much harder convincing my next prospective employer. Wouldn't it?
Yes. I am a C++ developer with about 20 years of experience with C and C++ plus various and sundry other languages and environments...
In 2004 or so I took what was going to be a short term job (exactly the situation you describe, minus C#/.Net) using a 10 year old Borland environment (BC++ 4.52 and 5.0). I ended up staying there about 18 months.
I have not had another C++ job yet and it's not due to lack of effort in finding a job. I'm very friendly with a few of the recruiters in the area and several of them have told me companies are scared of me because my recent experience was "old" (paraphrased). My resume was otherwise pretty current, Boost, Embedded Linux (with a current GCC), recent MSVC C++ etc.
I'd say stick with the newest stuff you can find unless the commute is a real killer.
Yeah, it can be part of the answer. We have different departments so instead of announcing to everyone, maybe keeping it in the dept instead of agency wide?
