Ever work for a corporation and notice there are way more young people than older people? Where are all the older people?
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Most of the boomer generation lived in a time where the company took care of you. You came in a did a dedicated job. You were taken care of for life. Good retirement, health care, gold watch, stocks.
Gen X came in where workers were used and thrown away. But we didnt know it. We still believed in the boomer model. It was gone and industries were destroyed. I became a mechanic and it was bad. Much higher cost of tools, severely cut pay and flat rate times, benefits slashed and eliminated, work hours increased.
After Gen X things swung back some. Its still bad but we know it going in. And industry had to improve conditions to stay alive.
At least that is my personal perspective. As a mechanic apprentice in a Jaguar dealership (should have been a lottery win kind of job) the top mechanic cautioned me to consider another profession because he lost 5k a year every year. He was making 105k in the late 80s. I wish I had tried something else. It took me 10 years to break 10 an hour and I was a go getter. For example after stage 4 cancer and major disability I became a Fire Chief.
Im looking at either rejoining microsoft or some image of a true path. That image is fuzzy
What's holding you back from starting your own venture?
I've been working on something for over a year, software related. Will be giving it a shot pretty soon. But im losing passion for it
At some point it does turn into mere work, and I think that's the natural way of things. I'm running a couple of little software projects to pay the bills, and is working on a more ambitious project that isn't out yet, and to be honest it's only the latter one I'm still passionate about.
I agree with this assessment, at least based on my personal experience.