Reality of IT Industry | Survive after 40-45 years of age | | Career Talk With Anand Vaishampayan

How to survive in IT Company after40 years of age? | Reality of IT Industry | Survive after 40-45 years of age | Career Talk With Anand Vaishampayan
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[CareerTalk]

Hi All, Thank you for your continuous support. Please hit the "Like" button and share this video in your WhatsApp Network :)

[sundarayerrapragada]

I am 57 and on coding side. As senior architect for an MNC. Fear is our only enemy in this world.

[rageshramachandran]

Step 1: Identify the root cause of your situation
Step 2: Identify your core strengths
Step 3: Identify your career path
Step 4: Identify the industry you want to work
Step 5: Identify the top 10 companies you want to work

[bharadwajakambhammettu]

Proverbial answer is "Life starts at 40" ! Whatever you do, always focus on being a practitioner and continuous learner. If you are technical, dig into feet into it. Whichever country you go to, technical depth always gets you a job anytime. Besides you can always experiment with various things and change your career options too. When you retire is upto you. There are many people who are still in IT happily working even as developers at the age of 60. Age doesnt matter in IT, only your skill, ability and attitude

[dmahal]

The short answer is continuously study and upgrade your skills. By the way, I started my first job at 40 in Cybersecurity (6 figures USD) job. However, I had to invest my time in my Bachelor's and Masters in Cybersecurity. On top of that, you also need to do vendor-specific and vendor-neutral certificates for more depth knowledge. Good luck everyone!

[vcrkm]

Thank you for your video. Once you hit your mid-40s, it's not only in IT, but pretty much any other corporate function is practices various degrees of age discrimination. I think we need to change our mindsets and develop entrepreneurial skills while we are in our 20s and 30s, just so that we can prepare better for when we get into our 40s and 50s. This latter age bracket is where you are too expensive to be easily hired elsewhere, yet you are too far off to qualify for retirement benefits. So even if you are in a hot sector like IT, there is a high risk of lengthy unemployment should you be caught in a downturn. We all need to develop multiple sources of income, just to hedge our bets and spread our risks!

[phalguna_rm]

I lost my job, it has been couple of weeks.. Few interviews which I gave didn’t go well .. I cried inside and I know where I am today.. I ended up in random things but I did exceptionally well in all my projects .. Yes you are right we may lack few skills.. We need to unlearn few and learn those skills in that role which we aspire to be ..The moment I saw this it gave me a confidence to move further.. Thank you sir .. Respect and kudos to your sincere content helping many like us. 🙏🙏🙏
Edit: I see the love and support from few people and thanks for your prayers.
With in a month I landed in a good company and at a senior position.
I felt that whatever the bad happens to you, might not be a bad thing but might be a new beginning and giving you a chance to step up !

[ourworld-vcet]

1). If you are poor technically, there is no other alternative than going to management roles. It's dead simple. All people who are technically poor become managers in India's top services companies.
2). If you are very good technically and still want to work in India's top services company, you must definitely choose management roles because of above point. If you don't choose management role, your life will be made miserable by the management who have no clue about any IT job. You'll be stuck doing both techical role and management role (with you manager only being the rubber stamp and the face).
3). If you are very good technically and want to work in technical role, immediately quit India's top services companies and join some MNC's captive or product company.
4). If you are very good technically and want to work in technical role, if possible, switch to developed country and work for it's company.

I have never seen a single good manager in India's top services company. The difference between a manager from top Indian services company and receptionist at the counter may be only about the degree. You can interchange between them and the receptionist will be at the same level that of the manager in maximum 7 days.

[vikeng]

The problem is that there are very less leadership roles compared to number of people vying for those roles. basically supply is more than demand everywhere and you have no choice even now.

[jaysiddhapura]

I am in my 31 rightnow, I have somewhere 7-8 years of exp. in full stack development. I had the same question. This video helped me immensely to figure out what to do next in future! Thank you for the video ! 🙏

[SixBillion]

Learning never stops in a IT career as tech keeps changing every few years. I feel passionate learning skills are also required to survive in IT industry for long term.

[KiranKumarAshok]

With a decade of experience in IT, i completely agree with every word you said sir, every freshers should see this, also try to switch as many companies as possible in you early career phase,

[JAdcock-xs]

This is very real.
Age discrimination is especially prevelent in the Portland OR job market. Once you hit about 40 years of age, you're cinsidered no longer usefull and they will use terms like, you don't have the experience (see note below), we've moved on to someone more aligned with the job description, we're looking for someone who can hit the ground running. That last catch-phrase is probably the most common flag that you've been age discriminated.

One HUGE difference I noticed between the West Coast, especially the Pacific NorthWest, job market and the East Coast job market, is the job application process itself. In the PNW you cannot fill out a job application without providing a college graduation date. In the over 3, 200 job applications I filled out in the PNW, probably 97% of them REQUIRED a college graduation date. Without that you couldn't submit the job app. It's pretty obvious the employers are using it as a method to screen by age. When I switched my focus to the East Coast, particularly the South East, about 90% of the job applications didn't even ask for a college graduation date, let alone REQUIRE it in order to submit the job application. The state won't do much about it. They take the attitude 'this is really hard to prove' and there isn't much we (the State) can really do about it.

I have over 20 years of experience in embedded systems, hands-on experience with over 20 different micro-controllers and microprocessors, over 15 different languages (not counting the assembly language of all the micro chips I worked with), about 15 years managing projects and even have some teaching experience, and over and over and over and over I was told 'you don't have the experience'. Even when the JD stated that only 3-5 years of experience was needed, they would tell me 'you don't have the experience.'

I'm definitely not encouraging anyone to misrepresent themsleves on a job application or resume; that's just wrong. Start-ups are probably the best environment for an old geezer, because they typically need someone who can make mature, well thought out decisions. However, you're going to have to convince the potential employer/interviewer of that and of the fact that you can keep up with the youngsters. Our best skill is the experience and especially the wisdom we've gained. Youngsters may be incredibly bright but they often don't see the big picture or potential problems down the road. Only experience can teach you that.

If you're up to moving from the West coast, I would definitely recoomend expanding your search to the Eastern US where they are much less concenred about a person's youthful vigor and much more concerned about real experience and the ability to make mature, wel thought out decisions. Defintely keep your skills current. Either focus on one area to the nth degree and becaome incredibly good at it, or pick up as many skills as you can, becoming very good at all of them.

It's tough in IT once you hit 40. I wish you all success.

[tc]

There are people in Western countries (Europe, USA etc.) where people join as developers and retire as developers. I have worked with many developers who are more than 55 years of age. They get equal respect as a Business Analyst or a Tech Architect or a Manager. Thought process in India is different because labour is CHEAP and the word "GROWTH" is marketed in a lucrative manner in which people forget their lives in search of this "GROWTH" which never seems to stop. From 40 onwards what accompanies the GROWTH seeking employee is Heart Issues, Hypertension, Sleep disorders and Diabetes. What you earn you spend on medicine and hospitals. More importantly PEACE of mind is something that is lost forever. Still you survive.
LEAVE IT INDUSTRY IF YOU ARE STILL in early 30s or try to get settled abroad.

[pinkipachisia]

Good one 🎉. But I am just wondering why we always need to grow up in the career to become architect or CTO etc.? IT industry is so vast like ocean that one can stay being a Developer, learn new things, excel and learn new technologies. Not sure why it is always to become CTOs, architects, managers etc. If everybody aims to become so than who will develop is also a concern. I’m sure that people who focus on development and keep themselves updated with newer framework, technologies, etc. will never be outdated. Age will no longer be a concern. 😊

[ontariojobseeker]

Hello Anand, I am 46 and still working as a Engineer in technical capacity. I have no other choice than doing technical jobs. At times I get frustrated by doing day to day routine activities for more than stipulated hours. I want to work with my own rule which is work life balance. But the work demand is not allowing to do so. I am thinking of changing to Project Management or Service Delivery. But I am afraid of interviews and selection process these days. Because when I had started my career it was old school hiring process i.e. 17 years before in my current job. My point here is...I am seeing initial salaries in these domain are offered very less. Cost of living and other expenses are not allowing me to think to do switchover. Really....very confusing...every day confusing. Basically I am not able to focus on studying new domains, clearing certification and even attending interviews.

[DesignMinds]

The way you explain is just amazing. This video is for every IT professionals.

[swgqabeta]

HI Anand.I am 42 years old and working in DevOps.I was in QA for 12 years and from last 3 years i am working in DevOps.The issue is how can compete with new young folks with DevOps Skills?

[rajeshs]

Hi Anand, i am at 43 having total of 21 years of work experience. Switched to IT from BPO industry 2 years before. Currently working as senior project manager in data base management company. What should be my next step ..what should i need to aim for as a next level. I completed PMP PMI certification, DASSM, CSM, undergoing data science course also enrolled for cloud computing. Pls let me know my next steps to grow to higher level

[zameerahmed]

Please emphasize the importance of "System design" in IT.

System designers & Product Architects can survive in the future because coding and testing can be delegated to AI tools.