On: Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up?

[UK-AL]

"Consider letting off-time be off-time and getting yourself a better job :)" - Those two conflict. Most jobs want the next buzzwords in the job description, which you aren't learning in the current job.

[Nursie → UK-AL]

Most jobs?

I work for the uk office of a finance company, on a contract basis, on target to pull in roughly six figures* this year.

My CV consists of C in the main, with a little C++11 and a smattering of right-up-to-date javascript and python.

"Most jobs" seems like a bit of an overstatement.

(*for Americans, the UK market does not pay like the US market, rates of pay here are generally awful in comparison to the US or Australia)

[UK-AL → Nursie]

C/C++ developers are relativity rare. So most people would have to learn that.

[pjmlp → UK-AL]

Most HR departments won't care if you haven't actually used those buzzwords on your current job.