Anonymous wrote:The median American worker is now 43, and will be 47 in about 8 years. So 50 isn’t old anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).

+1 no job is easy to get right now. $100k is a good salary. At 48, I came so close to finally making six figures and got laid off about a year in. Now I can’t find anything and will likely have to take something for far less if I find anything at all. Some of you all are completely delusional.

Do you have a degree? I only have a BS and made $120k 15 years ago. $100k is basically poverty now.

Comments like these aren't helpful or kind. It's a shitty remark, intended to make people feel bad about themselves. There are plenty of people working in nonprofit and government who make this and less. They do important work.

Anonymous wrote:what fields/sectors are hiring now?

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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.

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

PP you’re responding to. I am in a different field altogether, not in the corporate world. While it helps the home life to have a spouse who has some flexibility, especially when the children are young, it’s not essential at all. People find a way.

There is no magical way. Someone neglects the hustle, or you both neglect the kids. If you are lucky, they turn out okay anyway. If not, you hope you made enough money to buy your way out of the resulting problems.

Anonymous wrote:It's hard for any 50 year old to get a job at any level.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).

+1 no job is easy to get right now. $100k is a good salary. At 48, I came so close to finally making six figures and got laid off about a year in. Now I can’t find anything and will likely have to take something for far less if I find anything at all. Some of you all are completely delusional.

Do you have a degree? I only have a BS and made $120k 15 years ago. $100k is basically poverty now.

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.

Anonymous wrote:Is a 100k salary in a HCOL for a 50 years old easy to get?

It seems to me that y'all start at $200k. So even if the job market is bad, $100k should be easy to get right?

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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.

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

PP you’re responding to. I am in a different field altogether, not in the corporate world. While it helps the home life to have a spouse who has some flexibility, especially when the children are young, it’s not essential at all. People find a way.

There is no magical way. Someone neglects the hustle, or you both neglect the kids. If you are lucky, they turn out okay anyway. If not, you hope you made enough money to buy your way out of the resulting problems.

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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.

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

PP you’re responding to. I am in a different field altogether, not in the corporate world. While it helps the home life to have a spouse who has some flexibility, especially when the children are young, it’s not essential at all. People find a way.