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

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Reality of IT Industry | Survive after 40-45 years of age | | Career Talk With Anand Vaishampayan | how to survive in it industry after 40 years | life after 45 in IT Industry
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[CareerTalk]

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[monzurhussain]

I am 43. 19 years in the industry.
still working hands-on role. Didn't go for management so far. It's exciting to be technical than management.

[rameshs]

I entered IT in the year 2003 after completing MCA and my age then was 35. I started as Technical Writer and continued in the same field until 2008. So, I used technical writing as launchpad to get into IT. I moved to testing in 2008-09, and continuing in testing till this day. Initially I was doing functional testing and some automation using UFT. In the recent years, doing functional, api and dB testing per client requirements. So, I am a Test Lead at 54. The only thing is salary got stagnated but still getting some salary (50k per month) but stay in the job. Staying longer is possible with some flexibility. India is slowly turning like West.

My advice to whoever read this comment, please start working early and put hard work. Earn as much as you can till 40-45 (enough for retirement life and savings for kids) and then either continue in higher position in same company or lower your position and work in smaller or startup companies. There are two benefits - first, you already saved enough, so whatever you earn would be bonus, second you have a job. So, whoever worries that after 45, there won't be scope in IT, use this formula while upgrading your skills. Good luck and special thanks to Anand.

[mnrdev]

I still believe that it’s very difficult to survive after 40-45 years of age, which is the ground reality. I don’t think so, we need to sugar coat this issue, as this may mislead the younger generation unnecessarily. Some may survive due to obvious reasons, but we need to accept the reality and plan the life accordingly.
Nowadays, I could see that some of the resources are losing employment even in mid-thirties and then what is the use to think too much about long term may not be useful.. My strong suggestion based up on my vast experience in this field is that, we should not have any type of long-term financial commitments, which may save our life up to some extent, otherwise life will be miserable.

[sherlockholmes]

I am 39 working as an Technical Architect.
As long as you are serious about work no issue.
I know good number of colleagues around age range 47-48 working as Tech Leads in Wipro NTT Data HCL
I know 3 Architects who do coding with 31 years of experience with 52-53 age still working in Wipro and CTS

So it's all about being relevant and showing interest in work.

No company in private sector will filter employees based on age and send them out.

I know 3 folks with age 26-28 Fired from Wipro for not working 😅

[sumitroy]

I started my career as a specialist at the age of 42 and doing excellent.

[TheUmaragu]

Anand makes excellent points; I am from IIT Delhi; worked all my life in the USA; started as a Software developer, system architect, DBA, Unix system Admin; was a senior VP in a Fortune 500 company building and selling a software product for the financial industry, managing budget and a team of 100 technocrats; lost my job with the whole team, as the company hit poor financial results; at the age of 65 I am a cybersecurity consultant, much in demand, enjoying and having a great time. Know yourself. Strength and weakness.

[TheSsharma]

I am 50 plus and still relevant…age is just a number ..key is keep learning ..

[Rwikm]

I started as web developer, then switched to embedded development, then became release manager . I realised management is not my cup of tea . Learnt new technology and working as cyber security tool development, my plan is to move farther in cloud secutity. I am working on a personal project involving blockchain for last 3 years . I am close to 40 with 13 years experience. Point is, indian IT sector very matured and full of opportunities. You can do anything you like, provided you know what you are doing. And never listen to anyone on how to shape your career. What worked for others, mayn't work for you.

[venuvenu]

I am 39. Having 15 years of experience. Now into Architect role. Technical line. Not into Management. Enjoying my role. Not very much concerned what lies ahead. Whatever comes my way, I will take it in challenging mode. Don't be scared. Be confident!!!!

[ArunKumar-vdtk]

In my humble opinion, as long as you are a life long learner and open to new ideas and thoughts the age factor is just a number. Because the more skills you add to your kitty the less you need to worry about creating your own opportunities in the world of job market.
In IT industry, its not all about Money alone but more to do with adaptability to grab new things at a short time without losing focus. If you constantly do upskilling and reskilling you will hardly find frustration in your career path and will automatically lead to newer avenues

[arunchaudhary]

WHENEVER CONFUSED, LISTEN TO SENIORS
With around 6 years of experience, I had almost switched from Product Owner to a Data Engineering role (I know it sounds odd, switching from Management to Technical). Needless to say, I was befuddled at this time. Amid this violent storm that was brewing in my mind, I approached Mr. Anand Vaishampayan.
He interacted very patiently with me for an hour, understood my position & told me WHY I should stay in management. In hindsight, there could not have been a better decision.
Thank you Mr .Vaishampayan..

[desiexpat]

What you said is fairly accurate....but the best option really after 40 is to do a startup....build your own enterprise while you have lot of energy and emotional support at home. It may take 5 to 10 years to build something good but then you are set for life or can even retire early!! Trying to survive in a corporate as an employee after 40 is always a struggle as it becomes a battle to keep up with the new rapid technologies and young blood competing with you.

[ats]

Depends on person to person. Whatever I have learned in last 12 years (and still learning/earning) I will pass that on to at least 10 persons before I die. I want to help at least 10 families to live a happy life from my learnings/earnings of my GOLDEN LIFE.
That's why I will open an IT startup with my own funding on a smaller scale after 3-5 years.
That's my plan of 40s. Right now I am 34. 😀

[zameerahmed]

Well said Anand .... its like a heavenly revelation "Mindlessly shifting jobs
across technologies". We need to stick on to a particular domain. This is a mistake
committed by me and many others in the industry

But post covid the scenario has changed, the other day I took up an interview
at a product based company for the role of a "Solutions architect" and they were
asking me basic coding related to function pointers and callbacks I was
shocked. They even asked me a few questions relevent to unit test frameworks and
deployment startegies.

Nowadays companies do not want managers who can only interact with clients and handle
resources, they are looking at someone who can handle any eventuality and risk without
depending on junior resources. The interview was very interesting but the sad part is
even after 5 rounds of interview I was not given the offer.

[donythomas]

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[subhasismukhopadhyay]

There are two factors in general to survive in the IT Industry till 60-65 years:

1. Don't be a manager/delivery manager/process manager etc. Be a technical or domain functional guy.
2. If you are Tamil and Telugu you can survive with almost every skillset as the leadership won't let one of their own leave.

[DPatel-rnxb]

The main problem in India that young college passout with some experience available easily with lesser salary expectations so company hire them for cost cutting. But in europian country workers not available as easily as india so this is main problem it is very crowded now in india every field person want job in it. Because higher salary and life style

[marketer]

I am 42, shifted management roles technology roles. Doing well. If we do not update or shift ourselves even 5 years of experience is enough to put you out.

[akhiltheloquacioussoul]

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