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Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable?
illcar writes "Hi, I am a 40-year-old working as a senior developer for one of the biggest investment banks. I have always worked as a full time employee in my career; however the last 5-6 years have been very tough for me because of office politics, outsourcing, and economic conditions. The financial industry is not doing well, and we may be at the brink of another round of layoffs. My family is growing, my spouse does not work, and I still don't own a house. I am worried regarding my job security & career growth. Considering Medicare does not kick in till 65, I am still looking at 25 long years of career. I am wondering what the best way would be for me to stay employable in the coming years?"
illcar continues: "1. Should I stay technical, and be ready to work as consultant/contractor? How does medical insurance work in that case?
2. Should I capitalize on the domain knowledge, and move onto business/managerial side?
3. Will the MBA degree or alternate career help?
4. Any other suggestions?
Thanks."
2. Should I capitalize on the domain knowledge, and move onto business/managerial side?
3. Will the MBA degree or alternate career help?
4. Any other suggestions?
Thanks."
put your dick away
Thank science someone said it! No person should spawn more than two children anyway. This world is full enough!
I completely agree. Your parents didn't get an abortion, and now I have to read your crap.
Have you ever thought marrying, having kids and a family are fundamental rights of a human (and even an animal)?
What if we allowed everyone who wanted to do that to do that?
Oh wait... we'd end up where we are now. Too many people, too few jobs. Planet overpopulated, using more resources than is currently sustainable. (And let's not have any of that fantasy crap about how many people the planet can theoretically support in whatever if-only-we-had-the-technology-or-magically-transformed-the-way-things-work-to-something-a-zillion-times-more-efficient scenario that idiots who want to deny that there is actually a problem bring up whenever it is mentioned that the planet is in fact overpopulated to a currently unsustainable level.)
she's not a hottie if she's close to his age.
There is the slight drawback that if no one had kids, the human race would die out rather quickly.
But as you sound like the typical slashdot teenage socially inadequate sociopathic cynic, I don't suppose you care, as long as you get a chance to play with your toys for a while longer.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
she's not a hottie if she's close to his age.
It's always instructive to hear the views of the younger generation on sexual matters. And by "younger" I mean "twelve or under".
No. The default expecation here is that she lost any sort of "hotness" a long time ago and is now a big fat whale. She probably doesn't put out very much and has lots of annoying sexual hangups.
She MIGHT be an in shape nympho but that's going to be the exception rather than the rule.
The whole "mid life crisis" thing doesn't just happen for no reason.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.