In the IT industry, 5 years is enough for a programmer to become a master or be eliminated.
I am 34 years old this year, and I am about to reach the sensitive "35-year-old" node. I have been a programmer for my 10th year , and I am considered an older programmer.
Let me tell you where these 40-year-old guys ended up using the real experience of some friends around me .
Go to a big factory and continue to be promoted to management
The team leader of my first job, 6 years ago, moved to a big Internet company with my father, and now I am p10+.
However, such companies generally start from p8 and are no longer pure programmers. They are more about managing teams, looking for technological breakthroughs and landing points, and overall technical architecture.
It is difficult to reach this step, so this group is very small, accounting for no more than 5%.
Gou is in a small factory, or has changed careers
We have a small circle, and we often talk together. When we first joined, there were more than 60 people in the group, and it gradually increased to more than 200 people.
This year, there are only 100 people left in it. Most of those who left were groups of all age groups who were passively eliminated.
This group is not small . When the market was good a few years ago, there were no mass layoffs.
But from time to time, a large team will always have a few people who are persuaded to quit, and the reasons for dismissal are varied——
- too out of gregarious
- Those who cannot keep up with technological development
- subjectively perfunctory
- objectively impossible
Some people in this group have gone to small factories to continue working, and some have changed careers.
However, in the past two years, most of the small and medium-sized factories have not been profitable, and they simply cannot withstand the high p of the Ali department. . .
Was mass laid off
Mass layoffs have been happening more often in recent years. At the worst time, the same company canceled 3 product lines within a month.
Especially for some relatively large companies, the company will incubate many new businesses or products, but it is hard to say whether these businesses can survive or make profits.
Teams and departments are abolished at every turn , with little regard for performance and capabilities .
This part of the group is a little bit embarrassed. Some people are lucky enough to change to a big factory, and some people change careers completely.
Active elimination
There is an old man in my circle of friends who left his job voluntarily last year. Now he has opened a fruit shop by himself. It is on the street downstairs in our community. I often meet very enthusiastic people.
The main reason is that I can’t do what I want to do. Either I can’t keep up with energy or ability, or the family pressure is too great, or the environment is too stressful. I found my way out by myself.
Relatively stable in IT work
It is mainly IT in banking and securities, and this part is not small. The main reason is that this industry is relatively stable and relatively high in salary.
(Not as good as the Internet, but much higher than some other more stable civil service careers)
The secondary reason is that the number of recruits in this field was relatively large in the past few years, but financial IT has also been very busy in recent years. .
public exam
This ratio is relatively small, but according to my observation, it may be because most people did not pass the exam.
I roughly observed the provincial examination last year, and there were 800+ applicants for computer master's positions, and it is estimated that at least half of them are programmers from various major factories. . .
In addition to other programmers of various majors and computer undergraduate programmers applying for the exam, it is estimated that thousands of programmers are taking the public exam, but only a small number of them are admitted. . .
Programmers are youth fans. It doesn't mean that youth is over after work, but that the life cycle of this job is very short.
What are you IT guys doing now?