sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoOlder tech workers are tapping out, taking early retirementwww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down11
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkOlder tech workers are tapping out, taking early retirementwww.seattletimes.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squaregreyscale@lemmy.grey.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 day ago… retirement? I thought we were just gonna lose our jobs and be societally murdered instead.
minus-squareUninvestedCuriosity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI’m in this statistic already and found your last bit comforting knowing that it at least will end. For real though a lot of us are also fed up and starting our own boutique i.t things these days.
minus-squaretrackball_fetish@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·16 hours agoSome of us in the mid career point actually have. Nothing like back to back to back societal issues fucking your entire life
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours agoYeah, I got laid off when I was 52 and became a school bus driver (I now make about 1/6 of what I made as a mobile apps programmer). I’m not exactly “retired” but that is what I tell people.
… retirement?
I thought we were just gonna lose our jobs and be societally murdered instead.
I’m in this statistic already and found your last bit comforting knowing that it at least will end.
For real though a lot of us are also fed up and starting our own boutique i.t things these days.
Some of us in the mid career point actually have. Nothing like back to back to back societal issues fucking your entire life
Yeah, I got laid off when I was 52 and became a school bus driver (I now make about 1/6 of what I made as a mobile apps programmer). I’m not exactly “retired” but that is what I tell people.