This is slightly less true for tech work though. If they don't have a cure for carpel tunnel syndrome by 2050, I'll retire I guess - but why should I when tech is so lucrative if it still somehow looks like how it does today?
Everyone seems in such a rush to stop earning money. Maybe be in a rush to get a "rest and vest" job instead? I plan to be some senior director at the 2050 equivalent of a sleepy and comfy giant company like IBM or Salesforce. By the time they realize I've stopped delivering value half a decade ago and lay me off, I'm already old enough to get the maximum possible monthly social security benefits AND will have prolonged my tech wealth earnings, likely with a house which is hopefully paid off. And I haven't even mentioned the golden parachute of long term severance packages!
I get it if you're doing back breaking work, but this is HN! Most of the folks here have nothing more to worry about except eye strain/blindness, deafness, and carpel tunnel.
It's probably worse in tech, due to the rampant age discrimination that's been normalized in this industry. Your plan to become "some senior director" is probably the only way to remain employed at a tech company in your 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s. Good luck doing that as an individual programmer or low-level manager.
> It's probably worse in tech, due to the rampant age discrimination that's been normalized in this industry.
I haven't worked many places, but I have a feeling that working for a company that has tech but doesn't identify as a tech company is probably the way to go. Also stay the hell away from the Bay Area.
Tech company culture seems so dysfunctional (e.g. the normalized age discrimination, etc.).
I can't tell if this comment is sarcastic or not, but in case it's not, I think the reason people are in a "rush to stop earning money" is that they have things they like to do more than work and they want to maximize their time spent doing those things.
Everyone seems in such a rush to stop earning money. Maybe be in a rush to get a "rest and vest" job instead? I plan to be some senior director at the 2050 equivalent of a sleepy and comfy giant company like IBM or Salesforce. By the time they realize I've stopped delivering value half a decade ago and lay me off, I'm already old enough to get the maximum possible monthly social security benefits AND will have prolonged my tech wealth earnings, likely with a house which is hopefully paid off. And I haven't even mentioned the golden parachute of long term severance packages!
I get it if you're doing back breaking work, but this is HN! Most of the folks here have nothing more to worry about except eye strain/blindness, deafness, and carpel tunnel.