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His last job was "senior director of development at Dell", so his problem probably wasn't mediocrity but rather that jobs at that level are very hard to come by
by TheCoelacanth 8y ago
His last job was "senior director of development at Dell", so his problem probably wasn't mediocrity but rather that jobs at that level are very hard to come by, even if you are qualified.
- WheelsAtLarge 8y agoMy last boss had a killer job and a killer salary to go with it. He lost his job and could not find a similar one. He also had lost most of his relevant tech knowledge after being a manager for so many years so he couldn't go down the career ladder to get a job. Finally, he bought a dry cleaners franchise and that's what he's doing now. Lesson learned, sometimes you have to move on.
- philliphaydon 8y agoI don't want to move up.I really hope I can stay programming when I'm 90. For me it's as fun now as it was 20 years ago.
- gbear605 8y agoDon’t let yourself be promoted out of being a developer
- WheelsAtLarge 8y agoYou won't be a developer until you're 90. At some point, you'll slow down relevant to a younger developer. That's where you're value to a company will decrease. Your company or a potential employer will perceive you as expensive and lay you off or not hire you. My best advice is to make yourself indispensable to a company and hope the company will stick around. Or create your own company that you can control.
- angus-prune 8y agoOr make a fortune maintaining the legacy rivy and python that the whippersnappers don't understand anymore?