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Take comfort in knowing that whatever "skills" you acquire now means nothing to an employer (perhaps yours) who can readily find them in far younger and cheaper

Take comfort in knowing that whatever "skills" you acquire now means nothing to an employer (perhaps yours) who can readily find them in far younger and cheaper recent grads who are much better trained in said skills. So kick back, relax, and play yo games. Anxiety is only justified if you can do something about it, which at 35+ with kid in the forecast, you cannot.

shams93 7y ago
Brutal but real once you hit 45 it's really harsh the unemployment system also gets hard to use because nobody wants you it assumes a lack of age discrimination and also assumes the economy is always strong plus they haven't raised the ceiling for EDD since 1976 so there is a lot to be worried about if you're over the age of 22 these days .
- markus_zhang 7y ago
  I wonder how other people deal with difficult situations like this (laid off at 45)...must be pretty tough to them. I'm not particularly worried about the finance because we have ourselves covered and do not have needs of luxury. What I really fear is the lack of interesting work to do from now on. This is part of the reason that I need to find something that I can relax on and maybe grow a hobby out of it. I have been teaching myself programming these days but the job is very demanding so I don't have much brain power left except for weekends. Maybe I should regularly work out to increase energy level and go from there instead.
markus_zhang 7y ago
I actually agree with you in general. However I still see a lot of people transfor to other positions at this age or older. In fact I myself transfered to this position at 35. And there is also the danger od being layed off in future e g. when I'm 40 or 45.
travisporter 7y ago
This is bleak. Surely there are some opportunities within the company to learn skills and transfer to another team. It saves them the trouble of the hiring process.
- jimmyvalmer 7y ago
  OP can't even code. I agree hiring is expensive, but it can't possibly be as costly as transferring OP to a technical role.
  - travisporter 7y ago
    I think she/he can since they wanted a more technical role.

shams93 7y ago

Brutal but real once you hit 45 it's really harsh the unemployment system also gets hard to use because nobody wants you it assumes a lack of age discrimination and also assumes the economy is always strong plus they haven't raised the ceiling for EDD since 1976 so there is a lot to be worried about if you're over the age of 22 these days .

markus_zhang 7y ago
I wonder how other people deal with difficult situations like this (laid off at 45)...must be pretty tough to them. I'm not particularly worried about the finance because we have ourselves covered and do not have needs of luxury. What I really fear is the lack of interesting work to do from now on. This is part of the reason that I need to find something that I can relax on and maybe grow a hobby out of it. I have been teaching myself programming these days but the job is very demanding so I don't have much brain power left except for weekends. Maybe I should regularly work out to increase energy level and go from there instead.

markus_zhang 7y ago

I actually agree with you in general. However I still see a lot of people transfor to other positions at this age or older. In fact I myself transfered to this position at 35. And there is also the danger od being layed off in future e g. when I'm 40 or 45.

travisporter 7y ago

This is bleak. Surely there are some opportunities within the company to learn skills and transfer to another team. It saves them the trouble of the hiring process.

jimmyvalmer 7y ago
OP can't even code. I agree hiring is expensive, but it can't possibly be as costly as transferring OP to a technical role.
- travisporter 7y ago
  I think she/he can since they wanted a more technical role.