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Originally Posted by Unregistered
That's where you are dead wrong and you will most likely end up middle age, bitter, poor, jobless and ranting daily in hardwarezone edmw forum.
Bottom line: Your job should NEVER be your only source of income. No matter how good you think you are or how much you improve yourself there will be a time where you will be fired/retrenched or let go and cannot find a new job especially when you are aged above 45 or have to take a massive paycut or downgrade in order to land a job and you will gwt stuck in the same cycle since you need the money.
Take the time to cultivate a side income. Grow thr side line income until it equals or exceeds your day job income and keep spending under control. That way you have options to quit your day job and not have to beg your boss not to retrench/fire your sorry @$$
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I often see people who don't really know much about the job market saying things like this.
Here's some insight into tech market since that other guy pointed it out. In tech, there are at least 20+ SG companies that will take in any mediocre dev and let them coast for 5-10 years. There are F500 companies that will promote you every 2-3 years if you put 50% effort in and many more.
You don't just get fired out of the blue lmfao that's nonsense. Also the market is hot for good devs, anyone who is 45 years old and above who are in tech, will most likely be Senior / Principal dev level.
Companies will hire these people over any fresh grads or junior devs regardless of age. Unless you're joining some fresh start-up unicorn, most of the managers at F500 companies are in their 40s and 50s with family. There's no ageism in these companies, they don't give a ****. As long as you do work, show growth, take initiative, make them look good, that's all they care.
Do side gigs if you want, good on you if you do, I respect the hustle but don't spread some ******** and make it sound like working hard at a job is futile since you might get fired out of the blue when that's near impossible in a booming sector like tech.