In the short term, programmer is indeed a good job, and the salary is much higher than the average position; But in the long run, programmers’ midlife crisis comes earlier than other jobs, and many programmers don’t really understand the Internet industry until they’re in their mid-30s, especially after being laid off. A lot of people say it’s just that you don’t have technical skills or management skills, but how many programmers make it to senior management by the age of 35?

Recently, I saw the ridicule of a 37-year-old programmer who was laid off from NetEase:

According to the programmer, he has been writing code for 15 years and currently works as a minor executive in a second-tier Internet company, but was recently laid off due to company optimization. Since I am already 37 years old, I have been looking for a job for 4 months without landing. All of them, including Huawei and Ali, have rejected me because they say I am too old. But pay cut to a small company, but the small company’s interviewer but also said that my technology is too backward, at that time this employee meng! Now I have a baby, and I can’t sleep every day since I was laid off. It’s very difficult! Let’s take a look at what people say:

Some net friends say that you may not recognize yourself, what is called a small company still pick you? Oneself ability is not enough, complain cannot find a job, why did not learn fine technology at the beginning! You will be 35 years old. Today as a programmer is tomorrow. Why make fun of it?

Now huawei, Ali and other big companies, if you are over 35 years old, they will not even give you an interview, the resume is stuck. Last year I said Huawei didn’t want to go because they worked too much overtime, but now I don’t have a chance to go.

Some netizens said that there was no choice but to cut salary, after all, the family always have to live, low salary low, it is better than no job. In fact, this is the real reason why many programmers dare not buy a house in big cities despite their high income. If you get laid off in your 30s, the daily mortgage payments will be too much to imagine without a job.

The author thinks: before choosing an industry, we should not only consider the early earnings, but also consider the future development. Now the threshold of programmers is not very high, spend tens of thousands to find a training institution to learn six months can be done, but for the future, the possibility of being cut is also relatively large. And programmers aren’t much better unless you have great management skills, but how many of them are there?

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