Silent Desperation! Working in 40s and 50s

Work for yourself in 40s/50s . You create the market.

Doesnt you reach to CXO levels by then now? Even your experience must have much value by that time.

How come so? Really interested to know

@Rhyderrr Agree.

Positives with age:
Team management, client management & problem solving will get you into senior positions with responsibility. Some specifics will change with domain but these are valued across industries. Other careers: Domain expertise (eg Equity research)

But, past 30y has been a period of higher supply I labour markets due to demographics, women entering workforce, China factor etc. Some economists like Manoj Pradhan ex-Morgan Stanley predict that these will reverse and lead to higher demand vs declining supply in labour. We are seeing this happen in France, Russia, Italy where they are increasing the retirement age.

If that prediction comes to be true in India, you might be switching careers easier than the current 40-50yo

We have the 40/40 problem. Of you are above 40 yrs or earning above 40lpa. It is very dificult to change jobs. If you havent reached top management role, the career is more or less over.

By 50 years old, one must have ideally created a reasonable corpus. There is no other way. Cheap labour will take over as we progress, stands true even for below age 40. I realised it when I was 3 years experienced and was always vary about career progression after age 40.