[ThrowMeDown01]

To not repeat what I already wrote and fill the forum with double-posts I'll just point to my comment here elsewhere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18783191

What happens if "everyone" does it and now you compete not with a few but with hundreds, thousands? Will you still do and feel so good? Does your suggestions scale if it is applied not just to a few? What makes you think you can just multiply your particular personal situation by [insert any number here] and it will still work?

[chadcmulligan]

I think having higher skilled people of all ages would remove this meme of <age> you'll be unemployable. I don't see a down side to having a more employable and educated work force, I do see a down side to the converse which is being played out at the moment imho.

The attitude of 'if everyone does well, then it makes my life harder' I find regrettable. Again, I suspect this is a minority view.

Edit: Imagine the situation where education is freely available, where people have a life long love of learning. Where companies allow their employees to go to classes of all sorts. Wouldn't that be a great world. The one we have now is sort of the opposite. The strange part is this could all be done now, all it takes is a political will. Damn commies I suppose.