Rod at work (7/26/2016)
If, "The market is too starved for talent to be at a job you kinda like or don't like at all.", I don't see any evidence of it. What I see if people holding on for dear life, because there's no jobs out there.
Maybe I'm viewing the world from my big city bubble 😉 and I know it's not like that everywhere but if you're in Chicago (me), NY, LA, San Fran/Silicon Valley, DC, Houston, Seattle or a few other big cities I have not thought of - there's a talent gap. Especially for good SQL/BI folks, as well as people with cloud or big data skills. In Chicago I've seen many 6-figure DBA, SQL Developer and BI jobs remain open for many months, more than a year in some cases.
Albuquerque is 32nd largest US city - it's going to be tighter in your neck of the woods. Do a search for SQL jobs in Albuquerque then compare that to Chicago or even Phoenix. The job market is much better in the bigger cities.
but even small cities will see more opportunity in the coming years (recession or not).
-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001