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I don’t have 40 years, but I’m a member of the multiple decades club. Job prospects vary depending on who is hiring, but people develop a wisdom when doing an
by highwaylights 3y ago
I don’t have 40 years, but I’m a member of the multiple decades club.
Job prospects vary depending on who is hiring, but people develop a wisdom when doing anything for a very long time that’s mostly based on everything you’ve seen (good and bad) in that time. The greatest value I bring to being the old person in the room is knowing what not to do and to be able to explain clearly why.
I’m not meaning the above to sound negative, it’s just that a single good idea rarely makes a business, but a bad one can break it with ease (for example, people wanting to jump on web framework fads that no-one in the company understands well enough to implement securely).
- bruce511 3y agoGetting hired tends to be something you worry about more in your 20s than in your 50s. Speaking generally of course. It's not much fun being fired in your 50s. Although by that point you probably know enough about something that consulting (ie short gigs) are both available and lucrative. But generally, by the time you're in your 50's you've acquired enough expertise that you add more value than you consume. Which means you're unlikely to be fired. That experience, and ability to understand both the upside, and downside, can be really valuable. Certainly good communication skills help, and the better you are at getting information out of your brain, and into everyone else's, the better you'll be for it. For the record, I'm at 42 and counting :)