I'm in my early 40's and have been working in tech since my first co-op at age 16 for a telecom equipment manufacturer. Probably makes me a bit of an outlier, b

I'm in my early 40's and have been working in tech since my first co-op at age 16 for a telecom equipment manufacturer. Probably makes me a bit of an outlier, but I do know several people who were working in tech right out of high school and through university during the dot-com bubble as my city is a regional tech hub. Market cycles seem to average around 7-10 years. Some are worse than others - and really, this one was overdue. The dot-com bubble was worse for tech but this one is probably worse for the broader market. And to be fair, tech now makes up a much larger portion of the overall market.