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[quote=Anonymous]I’m keenly aware of ageism - and how it intersects with misogyny -in the workplace.  I’m 38.  I’m a manager working with executives and plan to persistently pursue the executive level, where I expect I can be - and will have the stamina to maintain - until I’m 55 or so.  Pre-corporate I was a yoga teacher, and plan to open a studio a year or two after retirement from corporate, but frankly my goal is to make as much money as possible as quickly as possible so I don’t have to worry (as much) about the future.

It’s also helpful that my DH is a senior IC with a very niche tech skill and will always have employment - he makes in the lower 200s and might top out around 300.  Which is good.  But I want to make really, really big money.  As I see it, 10-15 years of balls to the wall work is worth being able to finance college, retirement, down payments for kids etc.  (No family money, no inheritance.)

All of that said, it is weird and f***ed up how prevalent ageism is in America and how little we do to protect ourselves; how much power we cede to “the man.”  Maybe with the agitation and machinations of Gen Z - who literally could NOT care less - these crappy workplace practices will change.  But I am not too optimistic.

I am in great health, too, as is my husband, and our grandparents and great-grandparents live(d) into their 90s/early 100s.  That’s a lot of years to finance![/quote]

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