Going to another position has become a zero-based newcomer, and the salary is lower than before. After considering it for two months, I returned to the position of programmer.
My biggest idea now is to do my current job, and to have the opportunity to expand and extend my skills. If you jump out of this industry in the future, you will not be limited by skills.
02 Sometimes I admire my young colleague and resign after resigning
Bruce 34 years old 7 years old
Chengdu Mobile Phone Manufacturer
Our team of 15 people, with an average age of under 35, only three people older than me.
Our company is a well-known employer. On the one hand, the company recruits many new people every year, reducing the cost of employing people, and letting us all the high-paying employees shiver. On the other hand, in order to maintain stability, the company will standardize all the creative things, divide the tasks very carefully, each person is responsible for a part, and will arrange several people to “back up”, which makes us not irreplaceable, naturally Insecure.
Be a programmer, either always write code, or go up and do the overall planning. If you haven’t been promoted for a few years, you will feel a sense of crisis. It is very common for me to contract without renewal. The leader of the group can be replaced at any time, or the entire team can be diverted.
Under this pressure, my work is much longer than 996, and I don’t have time to learn new things to improve myself, let alone fitness drama. Although it seems that my appearance is no different from that of the 90s, I am already the father of two children. To earn money, I can only take time to change.
Sometimes I admire some young colleagues, I feel that I am labor-intensive, and I just leave. Some have switched to state-owned enterprises, and some have switched to sales. I heard that sales with technical backgrounds are quite popular. I didn’t even think about changing jobs, but the job is close to home and the income is good. Let’s do it first.
Some people say that the older the programmer is, the less valuable it is. I think every industry has its own problems. The older the doctor is, the more valuable it is, but it will take most of the life to climb, not everyone can bear it.
I don’t really want to know what to do in the future. Sometimes I joked with my colleagues that there are so many snacks in Chengdu that I can’t go to a shop to sell pork head meat.
Okay, what I said today is a lot.Look at the children.
So, when I was 35 years old last year, I chose to leave the game industry. I am starting to do medical treatment now. My main client is 35 years old. The older the age, the more I understand the mentality of these people.
When we were young, we really worshiped people like Bojun, Bill Gates, and McDale. I also hope that I can start with technology, but now I have no chance.
04Whoever writes the code, the most cattle person is to make a judgment
Tian Zhen 30 years old 4 years in progress
Beijing Internet Company Programmer
In this industry for 4 years, the 35-year-old anxiety is fired every year, as if a 35-year-old programmer would not have to live.
But the real situation is not the case.
In my own case, because the time of entry is limited, my current thinking is to hope that I can continue to exercise in my business, and I am able to get the ability to bring a team at the age of 35, not just the first-line work. This is not to say that frontline work is not important, there is still a lot of work that requires more complicated energy to solve. Let’s take a step back, no matter what industry, if you have been in the field for many years, then basically you are not a little advanced.
When I first joined the work, I got a tool, built a framework, and learned a language. But I will definitely not think so in the future. Just like every big project, the most decided people use what framework, what language, and what tools, which determines the starting point of the whole project. If the chair is set up, there will be a lot of things to save in the back. If it is not set up, there will be more troubles in the back. It will be a waste of time and energy.
So slowly accumulate this kind of experience when working in the first line, and finally have this ability. This is more important than simply writing code. Everyone can write code, but not everyone can make important judgments on important things.
There is no such thing as eating youthful food in this industry. My 40-year-old programmer friend also jumped from Baidu to Ali. The key is that 40 years old will be 40 years old to do the work, 35 years old will be 35 years old to do the work, you can not 35 years old still doing 30 years old work.
The company must be a programmer who is over 35 years old, but certainly not a 35-year-old frontline staff.
05siliconFor those who are programmers, I generally don’t want to choose this.
The same thing can be achieved by ordinary programmers and hobby programmers, but there are hobbies that will make it better.
09The programmer’s career direction also has to catch up.
yanyan 31 years old 6 years of experience
Beijing Mobile Phone R&D
There are actually a lot of people who are still working as first-line programmers over the age of 35.
The phrase “the programmer industry eats youthful rice” depends on the situation. If the accumulation of technology is better, in fact, programmers over the age of 35 are still more popular. However, if you have been writing the basic code and there is no deep technical accumulation, it is very dangerous to be 35 years old.
Is there a nickname for Zhongguancun’s largest foreign-invested institution? Some of the older foreign-skilled programmers who have been laid off will get more compensation, but they are most afraid of not being able to find a home. First, the direction of work and the intensity of work can not compete with domestic programmers. Second, if the programmers who are over 35 years old are purely grassroots R&D or code writers, it is difficult to find a job that matches the original position.
According to the general career development path, the programmer can develop into a technical expert in a certain field, and become a senior consultant in the P7, P8, or in a certain technical direction, and the other direction is to promote to the management. Responsible for project development or the entire technical architecture. This direction not only needs to be good at technology, but also understand project management.
The career direction of the programmer industry is also catching the wind. A few years ago, the headlines and vibrato developed, and APP development is a hot trend. In recent years, artificial intelligence and automatic driving have been the hottest, and there are many positions in algorithm engineers and artificial intelligence development engineers.
I am sometimes anxious about my career, but the industry needs to constantly learn new things, or the probability of being eliminated will be greater. If in a few years, the position and income do not reach a considerable situation, or the promotion may be relatively small, I may be more anxious, wonder if I am in the wrong direction, or consider new opportunities.
10Technology big bangs never need to consider age issues
Jay is 32 years old and has been in the business for 7 years
Beijing E-commerce platform background development
I never thought about changing the industry, I think I will be a programmer for a lifetime, this is a technical content, so I am willing to continue to blame the upgrade work!
My current goal is to grow into a CTO, or a technical expert in the security field, who can lead a team of more than 100 people to complete the project.
This is like climbing. When you insist on climbing to the cliff and seeing an unobstructed blue sky, you will find everything worthwhile.
* At the request of the respondents, Yang Guang, Tian Zhen, Zhang Jun and Lao Tie in the text are pseudonyms.
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