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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give
I'm reasonably sure most of us are replaceable - maybe not instantly, but likely far sooner than you think.
OK marko, I FIFY.
I'm reasonably sure most of us are replaceable - maybe not instantly, but likely far sooner than you think.
In our group we convinced our management to fund travel for younger, inexperienced folks to participate on some of our client projects. For example, I conduct a workshop and train them on teaching a couple of modules, with the eventual goal of them taking it over as they gain experience.
This sounds logical, but you would be surprised at what it took to convince management to do this.
Isn't it the tooth marks on a gold coin caused by testing to see if it was real gold? I have seen the technique used on many 50's TV Westerns....DH asked me this week what a bitcoin is.
Add the cultural mix into it (many are on a work visa), and the culture is to not ask questions or look like you make a mistake.
Another media article designed to divide us into warring groups.
I am getting tired of being told since I am part of Group A, the people in Group B don't like me, and we both should have nothing to do with those in Group C.
"In these fast days, young America must 'get up and get' or there is no enjoyment. Live fast and die young is the principle." -The New England Farmer, 1870
OMG it's over for me.
I'm 61 and retired.
And, I drive a Buick.
I wear the SAME OUTFIT (clean of course!) out shopping each week in the small town where I live, and NO ONE NOTICES. I have decided I could go naked to the store and no one would notice. I am tall, not overweight, and have nice hair, but still, no one looks twice.
I don't care. I'm just so glad I lived below my means and saved and could retire so I could be left alone. And I DO mean alone. There's too much silliness and meanness out there today.
Would rather be home with my cats.
And, my brown furniture.
And my bedroom teevee is going to be TWENTY EIGHT years old in January. It still works. All I use it for is the stock ticker and reruns of "Law and Order" in the middle of the night, episodes of which are the same vintage.
Like youth today, when I was in my early 20's I thought I was immortal, and would never grow old. Surely I would never be a day over 30 years old.
Wow, that sure didn't pan out, did it!
I think it's certainly different in some other cultures (i.e. Japan, with an actual day of celebration of the elders). And some European ones where the whole family live together, the elders keeping their place as family leaders.
But in the US, particularly in the Tech/Corporate sector, this article rang true for me. Age and rank was also a big factor (ie, if you weren't VP by 45, and a white male, it wasn't going to happen). I learned to stop saying how long I'd been with MC years ago, after I said out loud "20 years". My then-boss looked surprised and I could see him instantly calculate my age, and realize I was actually older than him...
Bingo.
Age discrimination happens, particularly in the workplace, but even there it seems to be more a matter of (perceived) potential cost savings, rather than true disdain.
Today one of my millennial neighbors and I watched my other neighbor blow his leaves on another property. I told him I'm curious if he'll dump on me next.
The kid replyed " yeah like anyone's going to mess with you"
At least he made an old man's day.
I can't really give a first hand experience of aging in the tech world. When I was still in my late 30s I deliberately took a job maintaining some older technology because it would be easier to set myself up for telecommuting and part-time work over trying to keep up with the latest stuff. I knew it was dead-ending me but I didn't care since I wasn't staying around anyway. So I can't say that I tried and failed to keep up with the latest; I didn't even try.
With running, I think many of the younger runners respect the older folks still out there. Maybe we give them hope that they still have a long running career in front of them. We're not always slower than them either. My much faster nephew and I leapfrogged each other twice at a 100 mile times before he finally put it out of my reach. Many races give masters and grand masters awards, and Boston Marathon qualifying times are age adjusted, and most runners respect a BQ time at any age. I can't really do training runs with the young bucks anymore, but, I can run with some of the fit, younger women. Age has its benefits!
Human Resources Manager: "What is your greatest weakness?"
Old Man: "Honesty!"
Human Resources Manager: "I don't think honesty is a weakness."
Old Man : "I don't give a sh!t what you think."