08-26-2010 01:22 AM
I am 28 but i thought i will just encourage u experienced in telling you that the other side is greener ALWAYS!!!.
I have been working and noting that your salary is directly proportioanl to your grey hairs.
08-26-2010 02:13 AM
@muks wrote:
I am 28 but i thought i will just encourage u experienced in telling you that the other side is greener ALWAYS!!!.
I have been working and noting that your salary is directly proportioanl to your grey hairs.
I am 52. The grey hair matches but the salary..
The last job change was in 2003 (twice). Not very easy to find a new employer and for many companies you're too old.
Luckily there are also employers that want to have experience (with grey hair). And that is what we can bring in.
08-26-2010 03:09 AM
....what the grey hair
08-26-2010 05:38 AM - edited 08-26-2010 05:38 AM
@Ben wrote:
In the event I ever do get laid off, I'll be looking for some of you to act as a reference.
Ben
You can use me as reference Ben.
You can point to me and say how much better you are then me.....
Shane.
08-26-2010 07:11 AM
@Ray Farmer wrote:
....what the grey hair
I was down at NI Headquarters for a RT summit about 7 years ago. While there I had a self-asigned mision to meet Jeff K so I I sat down in the lobby of the main building.
Not a grey hair anywhere!
So I left with the impresion that aside from the grey-hairs we see at NI Week, everyone else is just a kid.
Ben
08-26-2010 09:53 AM
They say you're only as old as you feel.
I don't consider myself to be old at all. But at almost 40, I'm suddenly the oldest guy in the office.
Fortunately I'm still the coolest guy in the office. Although I'm not sure I'll be keeping my long hair when my forehead starts at the back of my neck. Hopefully I've got a few more years before that.
It's an important point though that the "older guys" in given workplace find a way to stay valid. As salaries increase over time, it can be a little nerve wracking to think there's a growing list of young eagers willing to do your job for less than half of what you're doing it for. Staying on top new technology while maintaining your expertise in legacy systems can be challenging for sure. But I think as long as the work is interesting and senility hasn't taken over, the extra challenge can be taken in stride.
08-26-2010 11:02 AM
Well finding out that I'm not the oldest on the forum is nice, I'll be 60 in December. I guess we should swap avatars, trilobites came before dinosaurs!
I have had a couple of instances where I have felt that I wasn't hired for a "permanent" job (whatever that is in this economy!) due to my "seniority". On the other hand I have been doing consulting/contract work since '96 and have definitely gotten a lot of those gigs (all?) due to experience, etc. In fact, as the OP said, having a CLD, close to 18 years of documented LabVIEW experience, FCC license, etc. don't hurt. Of course, "they" aren't expecting to keep me for long, don't have to worry about any of the health benefits, vacation time, retirement parts. And the problem is going to get worse here in the US with the talks about raising the age to collect our social security benefits, meaning the expectation that people will have to work longer. It becomes a real problem if companies are letting those very same "senior" workers go or aren't hiring those. I will say that the living out of a suitcase, being "on the road" for the various projects has grown old as have I.
As to the observation at NI HQ, Austin is generally a youthful town, and then there is "Just for Men" for those guys that are distressed by the look of experience (and age) that greying provides.
08-26-2010 11:08 AM
@LV_Pro wrote:
Austin is generally a youthful town, and then there is "Just for Men" for those guys that are distressed by the look of experience (and age) that greying provides.
I must have accidentally overdosed on that "touch of gray" stuff. 😄
(You mean I wasn't supposed to drink that entire bottle? 🐵
08-26-2010 12:29 PM
I thought a trilobite was what comes after gigabite.
08-26-2010 12:36 PM
@oyester wrote:
I thought a trilobite was what comes after gigabite.
What the hell's a giga[byte]!?!?