why's it so hard to get a windows/linux "software" dev job -_- there's barely any openings and the ones that exist want 5-8+ exp
I want to make GUI software with WinUI or QT for Linux T__T webdev aint fun, im bored of it now

I can't speak on this, cuz I haven't looked into the domain myself to see how many jobs are there etc.

But I do webdev not for the fun but for the paycheck. My "fun" died an year into working at a company.

Isn't it because most of dev has moved away from gui to more cloud based app like structure. Linux still has gui way of thinking but negligible market.

Other than tally is there any other widely used desktop based application?

@SidTheITGuy broooo T__T ikr, it's just "work" now, not something to look forward to when ur up

@gymmerDeveloper yep, one of the web-dev jobs I interviewed for a while ago was opening up coz their designers' legacy GUI-native-application was being moved to the 'cloud', so they'll just wrap it in Electron and call it a day, sad
majority native-applications now exist within companies for internal consumption (there too mainly Windows), nearly all B2C have moved to the cloud + native wrapper approach, unfortunately

Consider to lie about your resume and just add credible experience years that you can back up with expertise.

Easiest way to do that is claim to work in companies that have already closed shop. Many such cases in the start-up world

@NeatNerdPrime as if -.- my last company actually is a now-dead startup, but at joining uve to give the boss's contact details so the present company called the ex-CEO/COO to confirm
corporate aint dumb :p

Software is dead

Everyone moving to cloud...

Prediction: Major internet upset results in companies dependent upon cloud services going belly up.

I wonder how many days of no services will kill a company? How many days of no services will kill the economy?

Stupid new world.

@azuredivay don't know where you are located but over here in Belgium that's absolutely not necessary.

@Demolishun depending on the company it amounts to the loss per hour they can carry in reserves.

To kill the economy is virtually impossible, unless all the nukes in the world go off and everyone nukes each other and our planet becomes fallout 76...

But even that is, quite frankly, even with the Ukraine war now, a very slim possibility.

And even in fallout 76 you can trade, so yeah .. basically economy never dies as long as there are humans alive .

@NeatNerdPrime I was thinking of the interconnected economy across the world. I could see things going local really fast.

Not worried about trading after the world ends. I have a bottle cap maker!

Jobs where you build GUIs these days are either non existent, or legacy hell. The legacy hell companies want lots of experience because they're usually the ones left with critical,complex software that needs maintaining. So yeah, as a beginner it's a hard gig to land.

But also why would you want to, when it's essentially a dying thing?

@NeatNerdPrime thats such an obvious loophole though, if companies dont explicitly ask then theres probably a silent background check, i dont think anyone would take an interviewee's words at face-value, at least they shouldnt

@AlmondSauce true, but even if it's dying it's fun for me
Native software is more predictable in how it behaves, compared to webdev where if something goes wrong it might not be my fault, it can be anything from OS+browser combination to user-permissions and how browser/JS handles it

webdev is just more messy

@azuredivay Sure, but that's unfortunately the reality of the industry - just because it's fun sadly doesn't mean you can find a good job in it.