On 1/23/07, Josh Coffman <josh_coffman@yahoo.com > 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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If you are in your 30s now, then I would agree that the future is
light years away, both in terms of being hard to predict, and
in the fact that, many of the changes could turn out to be
((not only "numerous", but also)) surprising.
   Speaking as someone who moved to AZ in the 70s (when
I was in my 20's) I am still working in the software field
(embedded SW used for Avionics), even though I did lose
a job in '05, and was between jobs for a while, and some of
my friends were surprised that (being over 55), I was able to
find one without having to switch fields and become a nurse
or a CPA, or a pharmaceutical sales rep., or...
   Feel free to write to me off line, but I have a feeling that
the next 30 years might be quite different from the last 30,
[so] "YMMV", big time.
PS:  Starting in the 70's, I have invested in real estate
as well as in stuff like stocks & bonds.  I have a lot
to be thankful for.
   Best wishes, from
--
Mike Schwartz   
Glendale  AZ
schwartz@acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com
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