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This is one thing that really worries me. I'm in my early 30s, and I'm perfectly content working a mid-level position. I've seen people my age pass me by severa
by amyjess 10y ago
This is one thing that really worries me. I'm in my early 30s, and I'm perfectly content working a mid-level position. I've seen people my age pass me by several times, and I'm fine with that. I'm not good enough to keep up with the really good engineers, and it's probably going to be a long time before I have 'Senior' in my title, if ever.
When I'm in my 50s, I'm just not going to be one of those awesome elder coders. My boss is one of those graybeards, and he's awesome, but I'll never be him. I also have less than zero desire to ever work in management (and even if I wanted to do that, I don't have the people skills for it). So I'm seriously worried that I'm going to be unemployable in 10-20 years because companies will all prefer to hire people in their 20s with equivalent skills to mine out of ageism.
- atoko 10y agoIf you haven't adapted in 20 years, is it really ageism?
- verbify 10y agoIn twenty years you'll be in your 70's. Most people in their 70's are unemployable, no matter the field. If you don't have a retirement plan, then you got to do some extreme saving and lifestyle adjustment (or you'll face even more extreme lifestyle adjustment once you retire). If you do have a retirement plan, you have nothing to worry about.
- citizenkeen 10y agoNo, they're in their 30s. They're concerned about their 50s.
- verbify 10y agoWhoops, badly misread that.