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I work for the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) and have a lot of colleagues in late 50ies or 60ies. Most of them profile on some system or subject area, many sp
by orless 11y ago
I work for the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) and have a lot of colleagues in late 50ies or 60ies. Most of them profile on some system or subject area, many spent like 20-30 years in a certain branch (like selling channels or timetable systems). So it's normally not about technology (like web/embedded), it's about solving business needs and technology is secondary. People that know cases and special cases and corner cases of special cases and exceptions from all that.
Needless to say, that's "bulletproof" employment. First, these people are extremely valuable, retirement of some of them is even critical to systems stability. And after all there are labor unions etc. making them basically non-fireable.
- epalmer 11y agoHere in the states it does not equate to employment stability at least not in the same role. There are numerous layoffs where people with critical knowledge are separated from the company. Some of them get hired back as contractors for a better rate and some have to seek employment elsewhere. I have a neighbor that has very specific experience that is needed and the company had him and one other. They laid him off and hired him back as a contractor at a greater rate so for him this turned out great. But not always so.
- wrp 11y agoOutside of government work, I would expect safety-critical systems to be one of the top fields for job security.