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A very good friend of mine who was a semi famous video game designer in Hollywood for many years, said as soon as you hit 40, go work for the government. He wor
by Overtonwindow 5y ago
A very good friend of mine who was a semi famous video game designer in Hollywood for many years, said as soon as you hit 40, go work for the government. He works for the government, because of the stability, the benefits, all the things he was finding that after 35 years in the industry, he was just too old.
Over many conversations he conveyed to me that the technology industry is a young person‘s industry. Once you hit 40, you’ve got to find a way to progress to owner, senior management, or do something else.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoIt's going to be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few years. As the tech sector has grown there has been a big slug of people entering the industry. They are rapidly approaching this threshold.
- Overtonwindow 5y agoWhen I was at university, I was quite jealous of my CS/IT/EE friends, because they had the math abilities to do cool things and get that degree. As I hit 44 soon, I think about those friends and where they are in their careers. It's starting to get close to when they may be forced out, or marginalized somehow, due to age.