This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 59-year-old Marc Kriguer, a software engineer who has been laid off multiple times. His employment history has been verified by Business Insider.

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Justin Flint, 27, has one big piece of advice for getting promoted after he went from the assembly line to software engineer at the same company.

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Software engineers work with a variety of programming languages, such as C++ and Java. They might be hired to modify existing software applications or work to create new ones from scratch. Other ...