Backend generalist. 10+ years coding professionally. Enjoys coming up with nuanced and thoughtful solutions to complex, thorny and ugly problems in old systems.
I haven't had any really blatant ageism directed at me (that I know of). For now, I don't worry too much about it. I think I'm below the age where it really starts to become obvious; I also have a solid resume, better than average network, etc.
I have seen its effects on people close to me (and who I know to be good at what they do); they wait a lot longer in between jobs than I do, and sometimes have trouble finding anything at all. That, more than anything, has convinced me that this is something to think and perhaps worry about it.
I don't think there's a cliff beyond which I'll become unemployable, or at least one I'm likely to hit anytime soon. I do question the historically valid assumption that my inflation-adjusted earnings will peak sometime in my 40s or 50s. I think there's a decent chance that it might be late 30s, maybe even now. I'm pretty conservative financially partly to guard against this (should it happen).
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I haven't had any really blatant ageism directed at me (that I know of). For now, I don't worry too much about it. I think I'm below the age where it really starts to become obvious; I also have a solid resume, better than average network, etc.
I have seen its effects on people close to me (and who I know to be good at what they do); they wait a lot longer in between jobs than I do, and sometimes have trouble finding anything at all. That, more than anything, has convinced me that this is something to think and perhaps worry about it.
I don't think there's a cliff beyond which I'll become unemployable, or at least one I'm likely to hit anytime soon. I do question the historically valid assumption that my inflation-adjusted earnings will peak sometime in my 40s or 50s. I think there's a decent chance that it might be late 30s, maybe even now. I'm pretty conservative financially partly to guard against this (should it happen).