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32 sats \ 4 replies \ @TheBTCManual 12 Aug \ on: What age is the hardest to find a job? AskSN
I think after 50 and you're not in some management position where your value is based on how much productivity a younger team below you can deliver, it's going to be tough!
You'll either need to lower your salary expectations, which could be done if you already have savings and this is just to extend runway, or you'll have to go out and take risk and start a business and face the market head on
i think the one of the hardest things is when people have to take massive pay cuts as their older, it hits the ego hard. men especially place a lot of value on income, and identity is usually whatever the job is.
I'm self-employed so things are a bit different, but i think we all become basically a bit invisible in the 5th decade
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As an educator, I sometimes feel bad because I make a lot less than other people my age who work in the private sector. But my wife reassures me that I'll be glad for my job when I'm in my 50s and 60s and still have stable income in a job I can work even into my 70s if I want to.
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It's true, comparison is the thief of joy, you'll be golden if you keep stacking tho !
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There's a lot of truth to that. I've seen some older people who had very high titles in their company, even as high as CFO, have a lot of trouble getting work after getting laid off in their 50s/60s.
I think what happens is that most of your value became your insider knowledge of how your company operates. But that doesn't always translate to a new company. You might also be accustomed to older ways of doing things, if you're coming from an older well-established but low-tech company
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