I think a lot of this disappointment at 40 comes from the fact that a lot of kids (especially in the US) were told silly things like "you are special" and "you can become anything you want to become". So a lot of boys…
In terms of what can be done, this recent thread on ageism might help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9361580
I didn't mean for my comment to be condescending - sorry about that. I was a computer programmer from 20 to 21 (I worked full time in college), and I changed fields at 21. I am in my 30s now. I didn't figure out these…
Look, I agree with your suggestions. But each of the things you suggest (improve yourself, become full stack, maintain mental elasticity) falls in the category "try harder". That only works with things you can control.…
I don't really have advice, but I know there is a very large number of people in their 40s looking to change careers so probably there are many common pathways, internet discussion forums about different professions,…
Remember the comparison is not between 47 yo with experience vs 22 yo with no experience. It's 47 yo vs 32 yo - both have experience.
Like the parent tried to explain, different fields (programming, law, medicine, etc) have different experience curves. There is definitely enough in programming to learn for 200 years, if we lived that long. It's just…
Well, different intellectual fields have different experience curves. Accounting, medicine, law all have much longer experience curves. Accounting also has significant barriers to entry (though not as high as medicine).…
I think a lot of this disappointment at 40 comes from the fact that a lot of kids (especially in the US) were told silly things like "you are special" and "you can become anything you want to become". So a lot of boys…
In terms of what can be done, this recent thread on ageism might help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9361580
I didn't mean for my comment to be condescending - sorry about that. I was a computer programmer from 20 to 21 (I worked full time in college), and I changed fields at 21. I am in my 30s now. I didn't figure out these…
Look, I agree with your suggestions. But each of the things you suggest (improve yourself, become full stack, maintain mental elasticity) falls in the category "try harder". That only works with things you can control.…
I don't really have advice, but I know there is a very large number of people in their 40s looking to change careers so probably there are many common pathways, internet discussion forums about different professions,…
Remember the comparison is not between 47 yo with experience vs 22 yo with no experience. It's 47 yo vs 32 yo - both have experience.
Like the parent tried to explain, different fields (programming, law, medicine, etc) have different experience curves. There is definitely enough in programming to learn for 200 years, if we lived that long. It's just…
Well, different intellectual fields have different experience curves. Accounting, medicine, law all have much longer experience curves. Accounting also has significant barriers to entry (though not as high as medicine).…