What after 15 YOE?

people skills are very hard to get by. That will keep one afloat, I second your thoughts

As someone who has spent nearly 2 decades in service/consulting companies, I agree with your assessment. A lot of folks joining these days don’t care about the big picture. They are happy to come, code and go home. While this is great for WLB, it absolutely kills your chances of learning the business. End of the day, you can be a super dev, but if you can’t understand the customer it’s not of much use.

I believe the next step would be then to cement your position in the organisation somehow, which will most likely lead us down the path of office politics and the rest, which many on the app crib about 😅😂

So people above 5+ yoe should focus on politics rather than technical/soft(job role) skills? 😅

Do you think current workforce won't be replaced by younger folks?

The workforce will mature. New roles will be created. We won't have as many young people as now in the future, it will stagnate somewhere.

Don't think that it's a good place to be at, as now you have responsibilities, hence you have monthly liabilities, without a stable income

In that era, probably not these many people were having such salaries (inflation adjusted) in their 20s. Right now, thousands of people in tech industry aged probably 22-23, are earning 35-40 lakhs. There are EM positions giving 1 Cr. But it won't be just possible that even 20% could become EM (in 10-20 years) The difference between 2000-2005 and 2020-2025 is, Market has also grown significantly. Like actually the jobs are growing at more than 10% CAGR (10 times in 20 years). It won't be the same in next 20 years in software industry.

Your comment is really sensible. Applaud. There makes no sense to compare 2 different era. Pehle modi nahi tha ab hai. I am not making it political but earlier we were a lower middle class country but now we are slightly better if not more. See what our fathers/family used to earn vs what we do. Whether these salaries would exist or not would depend on political stability to some extent and the AI, Quantum computing and blockchain evolution largely

Haha, But we need farms for that 😅 And will need to live in non metro, non tier 2 towns.

ज़मीन खड़के ख्याति बड़ी करेंगे

Well, been living the life like that only. Par ab jo hota hai wo dekha nahi jata 😂

How to jump shift to new tech? All the jobs ask for YOE in particular tech stack.

Nice to hear that. Can you share the trajectory of compensation and promotions?

Long story. 14 firms in 21 years.

It has a pre requisite, and that is MONEY.

That's true that people move towards managerial side, issue is, the roles are much lesser.

That's true. Org structure is a pyramid. Roles will be less as you get senior. Which is why preparation and expanding skill beyond technical is essential for a long term career.

Agreed with the first point. With government services, the major issue I feel is ki if you don't like it and you want to leave, you are in worse position than a fresher in most of the cases. Also even trying to get in has significant costs. 2 year prep (loss of salary) + coaching (fees) This itself is upwards of 40-50 lakhs for decent to high earning peeps. And then their is uncertainty where the person will get in or not.

I completely agree with the point that EQ is an irreplaceable skill set and not all developers will become leader. Some people do better than others in overall aspects and go ahead in career, that completely makes sense. Issue is, most of the people who are going ahead, get opportunities on the go to learn, make some mistakes, correct them quickly, and master them. This is how people take the fast progression. Now, when there are fewer roles, less people will get the chance. Hence, growth of career, as well as even getting growth options will probably reduce. That is the fear I have. As mentioned in comments, if I focus on myself, and make sure that I am technically relevant. Have good people skills, EQ Able to jump ships in terms of the peak technology I won't be facing these challenges

My personal suggestion is to keep a stress free side hustle be it farming or retail shops or nursery or whatever your heart wants , does not matter what field it is , when you get totally exhausted running the rat race , you would have something to fall back and motivating you to keep going..

In most of the cases, they are stagnant at the same position. And probably a 5yoe person may be earning more than them. I ain't saying that's too bad, but for now, it's tough to digest given the boom we have seen where salaries get doubled in three years.

That's true, it's just a fact that higher management count is way too less than the younger workforce.

You forgot many people leave tech after 5-6 years experience

That's the fear 🥹🥹