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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are all of you folks in Silicon Valley type high tech? I work for a large nonprofit organization, with an IT department of about 1000 people. I’m 47 and there are many people older than I am. They are valued and they aren’t getting the boot any time soon.  I’ve been at this organization for almost 20 years myself!

I am a sysadmin and make 90k (not DC) so probably in a different category than a lot of you. But I enjoy my job, it’s very family friendly, and I love my coworkers. So not all IT is that unstable.  Are all these jobs that people are getting fired from very lucrative? It’s always been high risk high reward in IT. If you’re willing to make a comfortable but not eye-popping living, it can be a great career.   [/quote]
Yes. $90k is nothing in IT.  That's basically cut rate for a developer at about $45/hour.  Dirt cheap.

DS is in his 50s, very senior programmer, knows the area he works on inside and out, but it's an aging platform. His rate is now $95/hr, but it used to be $150/hr.  He started looking around for something else, and he is seeing $45/hour.  Dirt cheap for a senior programmer.

And it makes us laugh when we look at the "Must Haves" in the job description. They want the moon and stars, but only want to pay $45/hour.  [/quote]

Oh, our developers make more. I’m functional.  My guess is that our developers make around 120, with excellent benefits. Not sure if that seems dirt cheap to you too![/quote]
It is. I'm functional, and my rate used to be $90/hour. Now, of course, companies are going cheap -- see above post.

DH's last FTE job he had years ago (about 7?), he was making $160K, with excellent benefits.[/quote]

Fair! It’s confirming my suspicion that these ageist layoffs are in highly compensated roles. As I said, high risk, high reward. It’s always been like that in tech.

We are hiring for what might seem peanuts compared to some of the jobs out there, but there is security, work life balance, and stellar benefits.  And you won’t get laid off for getting old, as long as you are still good at your job.

There also may just be a recalibration going on for what tech jobs are worth on the open market. [/quote]

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