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>if I could go back I would choose to pursue a more "stable" highly-paid field (e.g. medicine) I'm fine with the first part of that sentence. But medicine is a
by natalyarostova 8y ago
>if I could go back I would choose to pursue a more "stable" highly-paid field (e.g. medicine)
I'm fine with the first part of that sentence. But medicine is an awful awful example.
- deanmoriarty 8y agoI should have clarified: by stable I didn't mean "reasonable work life balance" or other definitions, I meant the knowledge in the discipline you're practicing is itself stable. Several of my high school friends are not physicians and, while they have to generally keep up with the latest best practices in their specialty, most of the knowledge they acquired in school never changes for the entirety of their career (so ageism doesn't basically exist), which isn't even remotely true in software engineering and it's a constant source of stress like I initially described.
- natalyarostova 8y agoThat's true, you're right, ageism Doesn't really exist. I will say though that seeing my dad, an aging surgeon, there are other stresses. Doing emergency surgery at 3am is a lot more stressful as a tired 60 year old compared to an energetic and confident 35 year old. I'm always reminded when I'm at his house, and he's on call, how much higher and stressful the stakes are in his line of work.