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.
In Indian startups, you’ll eventually become a manager after 10-15 yrs of work experience. Rare to see an IC after that. At most startups, there are not big enough problems to justify ICs with 20+ year experience. There could be at some startups, but overall count in the ecosystem is very low. Indian startups need to grow very big in size and complexity of problems they are solving to support very senior ICs.
In MNCs, there are enough opportunities on IC track for decades, in-line with the size of Org and complexity of the problems they solve.
You realise there's an entire world outside Indian startups and startups.
Wanted to say Hi, what do you do, how do you see current phase of your life, how do you look at your career so far, and what do you plan to do in next 5 years, etc.
Looks like there are the only 2 folks here who are 40+ 😂. Nevertheless, here's my story - Not exactly a go getter...
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-...
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...
i have pondered over the same problem. Most likely it's going to be very difficult to find so many high paying roles ...
You are missing that the avg Indian is 29. 15 years from now, we will be an older country. So people will stick aroun...
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 ...
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...