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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps it is self selection, but you see people on DCUM talking about retiring at 55 or 60.  I am nowhere near that at 60.  Had children late, perhaps the house was too big, no pension, wife didn't bring in much money (major friction point).  I would like to retire at 66 and hopefully teach college business courses as long as I can.  In good health but sometimes reading about others makes me feel like a total loser who should have saved earlier, moved to a place with a better economy, etc.  Especially with having a good education in a field with demand.  Now I understand that a person should never compare because you have no idea what their lives are like, But if you are in the same boat, what are you thinking?[/quote]

a lot of people on this site have not had to compete with the huge influx of H1Bs and H4s and L1s and etc since 1990 Bush Immigration law.

lots of good IT jobs were turned upside down by companies hiring Indian bodyshops

as a mid 50s person, it is hard to get a job in IT shops.   [/quote]

I don't know.  There is no easy money in any of the so called prestigious fields. Not in IT, not in medicine and not in the corporate world.  Majority of money in this country is in the hands of a few fat cats.  The pay differential between a CEO and a middle manager is astronomical.  Easy to blame Indian bodyshops and call centers, but this happened only because Republican CEOs wanted more money in their own pockets and not that of the workers.  There may be a a number of people who make hundred of thousands of dollars in a year, but the majority of DCUMers are still hovering at 100K a year or slightly less.  The trick is to live in a smaller house, have a mortgage that can be paid with a one income household and start saving from the very first paycheck.

If you are educated and do not have a job, get your certification and become a public school teacher. That is what I did and it has been good for me.  The easiest thing in the world is to earn money in America.  You need to reinvent yourself if the jobs are going away. Teach, tutor, blog.   The traditional jobs are going away. The millennials are dealing with the same job market that we are.  We got jobs because we had   college degree.  Do you know how difficult it is to get a job now a days for anyone?[/quote]

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