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Do You Want to Be Doing This When You're 50?
- metadat 4y agoAs I roll up on 40, I think it's a bit late to ask this question. Every day is a new day, though. Just because I did it yesterday doesn't mean I have to continue with the same tomorrow! ... unless I want to keep my house ...
- hindsightbias 4y agoLook at it this way, you can always be a manager.
- hotpotamus 4y agoIt would be nice to have that kind of job security. The key is to write a program that steals fractions of pennies from the company over time so you can retire early. If a disgruntled employee burns the building down, covering your tracks in the process, so much the better. I wonder if the person in the article was aware they were nearly quoting the protagonist of Office Space?
- fargle 4y agonope. I used to say: "40! ha, i'm going to buy motorcycles and fast cars and eat badly and drink too much and have dangerous hobbies and hopefully die young before i get old like you 40 year old geezers." then I had kids and that kinda doesn't work now. so now, sadly yes. I don't want to be doing this at 50 or 60 or 70 or ... now go give your dad a hug
- metadat 4y agoI used to say the exact same thing! I don't have any kids yet, but once it became clear my body wasn't what it used to be, I stopped feeling invincible and realized it sucks to be trapped in a messed up body. This helped to reduce the poor decisions. You just don't know how long you might last.
- elizabethes 4y ago[dead]
- nikau 4y agoHopefully as you get older you naturally become less hands on and more "bigger picture" tech lead or architect.