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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just reflecting on this the other day. I work at a tech company, I'm 33, and I am "old". Most of the folks I interact with on a daily working basis are 25-30.

The only folks older than me are in 3 brackets: 
1- 38-45 - director+ folks, probably going to be exec leadership someday (though probably not at our huge company)
2- 45+ - senior leadership; VP+ 
3 - 38-55 - mid-level managers, IC folks.

The ones who get pushed out and the focus of this discussion are bucket 3. I'm always thinking about how do I future proof myself to be in groups 1&2.

The other thing to mention is that almost everyone is a male. I am a female who wants to have kids soon and I have a lot of fear and anxiety that I will fall into group 3 once I have kids. All of my male colleagues in groups 1&2 with kids barely act like they have children. I see no discernable change. Their wives are either SAHMs or in bucket 3.  [/quote]

So no IC over 55?  They are all gone by that age.

But you are at a tech company, don’t you make like $500k, so maybe everyone just retires by 55 with a few $Ms in the bank?[/quote]

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