where do old programmers go?

[Mark Jarvis]

I was an engineering/scientific programmer/analyst (FORTRAN mostly). 
When I was about 50 I had the opportunity to help administer a 3Com 
departmental LAN. After about two years I was lucky--the FORTRAN 
programming was dying, but I had the opportunity to get on the job 
training as a Unix SysAdmin. That lasted until retirement.

-mj-

Josh Coffman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     I'm a programmer, and i'd like to know where old programmers go. I'm wondering because I don't see a lot of 55+ programmers and I want to be prepared for the future.
> Some might say I'm still young (30's), but now is probably the time to plan for the next 20-30 years of my career.
> 
>     Does everyone get sucked into management, quit IT, or find quiet jobs in the corner where no one notices?
> 
>     btw, no offense to anyone. old programmer and being old are not the same thing.
> 
> -j
> 
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