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My 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 kn
by WheelsAtLarge 8y ago
My 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?