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It should. Real life takes no prisoners. You need to plan on how you'll stay employed all your life. There were companies that could keep you employed all your
by WheelsAtLarge 8y ago
It should. Real life takes no prisoners. You need to plan on how you'll stay employed all your life.
There were companies that could keep you employed all your working career those companies are on their way to extinction. You need to plan for your next job.
- aswanson 8y agoDamned straight.
- eropple 8y agoThis is true, and I wish more people spent time thinking about it. I was lucky, in that I knew what time it was young. I remember saying to a friend at my first job out of college (at one of the more well-respected Boston tech companies, with a NASDAQ symbol and a lot of lifers): "this company is just a client and I am exclusively selling to them, that won't last forever." Being always ready to jump, in many ways, sucks. But it's what we've got.
- ericd 8y agoYou don't need to stay employed all your life. You need to not spend all the money you make. Most corporate software devs make enough that they can save a large percentage of their take-home pay if they live frugally. 20 years of saving 50%+ of your take-home, and a well diversified portfolio (read: not 100% US equities), and you most likely never need to work another day in your life if you don't want to, even if you never get a stock payday.