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I'm not sure about other niches, but it seems to be fine in HPC. I'm getting more recruiters messaging me on LinkedIn than ever.

Now that's interesting - I haven't paid much attention to the HPC job market in years. Are you a HPC system administrator, HPC dev, or both?

I'm a HPC system administrator at a DoE lab.

Does that require a security clearance?

Because that would keep you safe from outsourcing.

It doesn't, but outsourcing isn't a thing that happens in this area of focus, especially at a national laboratory.