No future in startups run by young founders. 
  
 Some future in startups run by older founders. 
  
 Some future in bigger, stable companies. 
  
 Comparatively, best future in companies with high revenue-per-employee run by older founders or management teams. These are mostly going to be product companies with high ticket sales.

Growth Manager

Software Engineer

hmm i have been getting the same question,

At 50+ if you are in top 1% in organisation OR you are so technically hands on with whatever level you hold and without bothering of working with or under much junior guys than only you can survive in IT industry.

Cloud Architect

I am curious to understand how the future looks like. For now, I think we have a clear aim. Most might not want to startup as they are well satisfied with solving other's problems. But come to thin...

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I am curious to understand how the future looks like. For now, I think we have a clear aim. Most might not want to startup as they are well satisfied with solving other's problems. But come to think of it, I have not seen much ppl above 50 years of age in the IT industry.

With  90's and 80's generation slowly inching towards that phase, how do you guys think it will shape up?

straight question : do we have a chance?

Folks, what does the future (after 50+) hold for us, the IT professionals (Dev, Design, PMs, etc) ?

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Folks, what does the future (after 50+) hold for us, the IT professionals (Dev, Design, PMs, etc) ?- Grapevine

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General question to all the folks who are in IT industry for more than 10 years. What do you think your career path in IT will be after the age of 50 years considering AI and Automation. 
Also as we move up the ladder the number of roles decreases significantly. 
For more experienced people switching different companies also becomes quite difficult. 
What is your backup plan for this?

Career in IT after the age of 50 Years

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How is future in IT after 45+ age?

Software Developer

As a poll pointed out most people on platform are from 25-35 age group. We saw the tech bubble and are riding the wave comfortably.
What are your thoughts tech industry and job opportunity post 45. My plan is to get FIREd by that time but curious what roles if any do you take on at this age?
Do we all take up as managers and become the thing we hate?
Any scope of still remaining an IC and getting paid a similar income?
I have been mostly working in startups and the oldest guy I have worked with was 37 and I am generally see very few old people in tech, though I have 0 MNC exposure.

Jobs in tech post 45 age

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Guys with 15+ years of experience working as developer, do we really have a future with companies looking to replace you with younger generation.
One layoff and I know it will really hard task to find a new job.

I have already started thinking of alternative path.
What are you thinking.

Developers with 15+ work experience

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When I joined corporate world  in 2012, there were many 45+  and some 55+ folks among us..... 

Gradually I have been witnessing slow but steady change in demography.... After 10 years, I am rarely seeing any 55+ folks...and noticeable reduction in 45+ folks. 

My prediction is AI will make this slow change very steep in next 5 years and we would rarely see any average  but highly paid 45+ folks

Is unofficial retirement in corporate world decreasing year by year?

Planning out finances, hence this question. Also, we are the first generation (in most families) to retire from this sector. What is the age of the most senior employee you know in software. Hardly only 10% make it to the board/senior levels. How about the rest? And can we really take on this kind of stress and work after our 40s and compete with the younger generation?

What is the typical retirement age in the software industry?

Consultant

Is software industry oversaturated? Do you feel companies will discriminate with us once we hit 40+ age as more and more people are coming into it? I can see class 6 th and 7 th std kids are doing coding just like we had fad for jee classes. If there is oversupply of enggs. companies, whatever the fate mech and civil branches suffered, cs will bear the same. Should one go for mba( off course from top colleges) ?

Software as a career

how long years (or) till what age one can sustain in IT Industry. think of a person who has technical background and not that enthu to write patents etc.?

longevity in IT Career

Infrastructure Engineer

I was curious, that what will happen to the people who are right now working in growth, program managers, or in fact as business analysts, SDEs after 15 years.

 I am 25 Years old right now, and all I can see is people aged between 21-30 in startups. 30-35 year old people are less than 5% of the workforce. After 10 years, all my age group people will be 35, and all the roles I see at that age, are too scarce. 

Will it be too difficult to switch jobs then, or career, hikes will kinda stagnate there? 

Want to know from other experienced people that where does the crowd go?

What after 15 YOE?

I am close to 15 years ex. So probably i can answer i guess. In my area of work, i see all the less experienced folks not much capable in understanding the whole picture of business for creating roadmaps and strategies , cannot do stakeholder management much and moreover do not understand failsafe situations . That way i feel my job is safe. I can also do the job which my 2 year experience person does and in a better way and can also work like my manager who is probably 20 years experience and lead the teams.  
 As long as one is technically relevant , experience is a boon for orgs.

Software Project Manager

Not sure you folks will agree with me, but people in IT especially the one's in senior positions (Director level) guys are running companies in 2024 but their thought process is somewhere stuck in the late 90's/early 2000's. 
They feel like what they have experienced or what they have been through is applicable in the current generation too. Be it from the perspective of working long hours or when having discussions around respectable increments/promotions. If we start giving them reasons as to how things are not working out they will end up going like "In our times it was difficult to get even 8% hike, We worked extra hours, we had limited access to technology etc etc".
How hard is it for them to realise that we live in the 21st century? Things have changed rapidly in the past 15-20 years from when they were working in the market. It's difficult to even convince them on anything as they have already made up their mind on how world was working, how it should work and how it will work in the future. 
Hope I was clear enough, but this is a serious problem in today's MNC (Sadly in some of the well performing startups)

Folks, what does the future (after 50+) hold for us, the IT professionals (Dev, Design, PMs, etc) ?

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