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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both of us were pushed out, 51 and 54. Techies. Had a 10 and 12 year old. Outsourced to India in one case and new younger hire in another. Took DH a year to find something at 30% lower salary and I haven’t found anything yet. [/quote]

Our story almost exactly. His is 45% less salary. I am jobless. 50, 48.[/quote]

That's disgusting. Now 48 is too old?[/quote]

By 35 you start being a bit long in the tooth in tech unfortunately.[/quote]

Wow! So is that not a good field to get into? Or can you use the skills elsewhere? [/quote]

So should my DS who is majoring in Comp Sci at UMD look into another field?[/quote]

FFS.  No.  Most of these people don't know what they're talking about.

If you let yourself stagnate in tech, your market value will diminish over time.  It's a dynamic field and you need to stay on top of things and/or move into management.  But, no, do not encourage your son to leave one of the most lucrative fields because of a bunch of anonymous online posts. [/quote]

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