| No one owes you anything in life. Do not buy into the whole victimization of you based on your age. Resist this temptation. The truth is that some "old" people are actually "weird" as are some really young people may be "annoying". Of course the typical 60 year old will not fit in with a bunch of mid-20's people working on the next Godforsaken social sharing app. DO NOT FALL FOR VICTIMIZATION TALK. Everyone has a choice of how they save, invest, learn and who they associate with. Do not like many companies and how they operate? Good, me neither. Do not like drab catered lunches amd having to eat with assholes and listen to their vapid conversation? Good, I hate it too. Don't want to work with know-it-all 20's kids (one that you probably were too at that age). Good, I don't either. Therefore I don't. I'm an independent software developer and stashing away as much of my money into Rental properties, Bitcoin, dividend producing investments and boring but safe bonds. If you are worried about losing your job for ANY REASON, then it is your fault amd responsibility to fix your own emotion state: - why did you take on a bigger mortgage than necessary? - why did you spend 10's of thousands of dollars on a fancy car (or borrow the money for it) - why did you not invest your money to work for you. Instead of you working for money (by 40 you should be able to pull in minimum wage for sleeping and doing nothing). But most people screwed their 20's and then maybe realized late 30's that there's a thing call Passive Income (as defines by tax code) and Investment Income. We have a generation of men and women who made terrible life choices and now are shocked that they feel the need to continue working with young people. Now the victimization brigade is coming to tell you that "It's not your fault you are being discriminated for your age". Fuck yes it is. Why the hell are you working with assholes? No one is preventing you from starting your own business, doing amazing work as an independent consultant or pursuing additional lines of income. What did you think was going to happen when you got older? That's right, you will be treated as you treated older worker when you were young. Heck, I just called my father "old man" for his birthday last night. Is that discrimination? Yes. Is it UNFAIR discrimination? NO. He did live a longer life and is factually older. Who knows, I may not experience as many years as him. It is FAIR discrimination in a lot of cases. Only unjust and unfair discrimination is what we should concern ourselves with. The article makes no attempt to articulate beyond a bunch of numbers cuz "discrimination" You are not a victim. |