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Anonymous wrote:I just recently started working as a government contractor with the Social Security Administration in IT infrastructure for 198K/yr at the age of 59. There are jobs out there but you have to have connections.

Oh, hey, another man.

Ok as a woman these “oh hey another man” comments are starting to piss me off. It sounds like a boy troll is writing them.

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Anonymous wrote:I just recently started working as a government contractor with the Social Security Administration in IT infrastructure for 198K/yr at the age of 59. There are jobs out there but you have to have connections.

Oh, hey, another man.

Anonymous wrote:I just recently started working as a government contractor with the Social Security Administration in IT infrastructure for 198K/yr at the age of 59. There are jobs out there but you have to have connections.

Anonymous wrote:Nevermind the $100k salary is practically poverty posters. I make $145 now, but initially took my current job 3.5 years ago at $126k I’m late 40s, F. My husband earns similar. we chose to work for nonprofits… we do fine with kids in dcps… if you budget (better than us), you can do even better. Just say no to expensive kid activities (eg travel sports), and enjoy a good life.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

This sounds like the know it all prick who comes on here repeatedly. He is a high earner who never made a wrong career mistake and a master office politician who could beat out Machiavelli.

The cold reality is that only about 10% of people ever become the Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice President. Doesn't matter if you went to the Harvard Business School. And it's a combination of factors that get you there. Trust me, not all of them are that bright.

My DH is one of those “Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice Presidents” and the combination of factors you speak of is:
willing to work harder than anyone else, sacrificing personal time, being SMART- understanding the big picture, and always serving the company and thinking of the bottom line.

It’s certainly not age. Being older is a benefit, IMO. It’s not being movie star good looking, although be likeable is very important.

Most people are incompetent and try to get out of doing more work. There are many 40 year old VPs who are think they’re good but simply lack institutional knowledge and don’t understand the big picture.

The ones who have agency and are able to move things forward and solve problems do well. You must be cordial and be highly sociable too.

Fully agree. The thing is, the rest of the whiny PPs on this board haven’t a clue about what you’ve said. They will read your post and think that they ‘work hard - just like everyone else’; ‘couldn’t possibly have sacrificed more’; ‘ are likable - really, people do like them’; ‘have agency just like everyone else’ - but then they will also say it was life - life got in the way - had to make choices and those choices led me down this path - it’s not like i could have done anything differently.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

This sounds like the know it all prick who comes on here repeatedly. He is a high earner who never made a wrong career mistake and a master office politician who could beat out Machiavelli.

The cold reality is that only about 10% of people ever become the Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice President. Doesn't matter if you went to the Harvard Business School. And it's a combination of factors that get you there. Trust me, not all of them are that bright.

My DH is one of those “Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice Presidents” and the combination of factors you speak of is:
willing to work harder than anyone else, sacrificing personal time, being SMART- understanding the big picture, and always serving the company and thinking of the bottom line.

It’s certainly not age. Being older is a benefit, IMO. It’s not being movie star good looking, although be likeable is very important.

Most people are incompetent and try to get out of doing more work. There are many 40 year old VPs who are think they’re good but simply lack institutional knowledge and don’t understand the big picture.

The ones who have agency and are able to move things forward and solve problems do well. You must be cordial and be highly sociable too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

This sounds like the know it all prick who comes on here repeatedly. He is a high earner who never made a wrong career mistake and a master office politician who could beat out Machiavelli.

The cold reality is that only about 10% of people ever become the Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice President. Doesn't matter if you went to the Harvard Business School. And it's a combination of factors that get you there. Trust me, not all of them are that bright.

My DH is one of those “Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice Presidents” and the combination of factors you speak of is:
willing to work harder than anyone else, sacrificing personal time, being SMART- understanding the big picture, and always serving the company and thinking of the bottom line.

It’s certainly not age. Being older is a benefit, IMO. It’s not being movie star good looking, although be likeable is very important.

Most people are incompetent and try to get out of doing more work. There are many 40 year old VPs who are think they’re good but simply lack institutional knowledge and don’t understand the big picture.

The ones who have agency and are able to move things forward and solve problems do well. You must be cordial and be highly sociable too.

Also helps to have a spouse who puts their own career on the back burner, amirite?

Anonymous wrote:100k is between junior and manager level. You are competing with 27 year olds. You have to really think about how you propose the value add at interviews.

I am in a field with staffing shortages and I had a hard time getting a job at 37, you act expert the manager sees you as a threat, you act humble they think there is something wrong with you interviewing for 100k role. Things only got better when I targeted higher level jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

This sounds like the know it all prick who comes on here repeatedly. He is a high earner who never made a wrong career mistake and a master office politician who could beat out Machiavelli.

The cold reality is that only about 10% of people ever become the Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice President. Doesn't matter if you went to the Harvard Business School. And it's a combination of factors that get you there. Trust me, not all of them are that bright.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

This sounds like the know it all prick who comes on here repeatedly. He is a high earner who never made a wrong career mistake and a master office politician who could beat out Machiavelli.

The cold reality is that only about 10% of people ever become the Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice President. Doesn't matter if you went to the Harvard Business School. And it's a combination of factors that get you there. Trust me, not all of them are that bright.

My DH is one of those “Senior Executive Global Worldwide Vice Presidents” and the combination of factors you speak of is:
willing to work harder than anyone else, sacrificing personal time, being SMART- understanding the big picture, and always serving the company and thinking of the bottom line.

It’s certainly not age. Being older is a benefit, IMO. It’s not being movie star good looking, although be likeable is very important.

Most people are incompetent and try to get out of doing more work. There are many 40 year old VPs who are think they’re good but simply lack institutional knowledge and don’t understand the big picture.

The ones who have agency and are able to move things forward and solve problems do well. You must be cordial and be highly sociable too.

Anonymous wrote:Fast food and retail managers make that.