Re(3): Equally Mundane Posted on January 21, 2022 at 10:50:17 PM by career counselor
Ya cant' hardly set the age limit at 75 when you have age discrimination laws at 50.
But as one at the top age there, I'd say 65 is time to retire, and of course nobody with 3/4ths of a brain wants to let go as long as they can find their way to work by themselves. Nobody wants to let go. But I do think there's a point in our lives when ten more years in an industry doesn't give us another decade of wisdom, and in fact we lose ten years of innovate traits. Most people's skills have peaked right about then.
Government is making a big mistake raising the retirement age for Social Security, if not because they've peaked mentally, then physicially.
If people foolishly didn't look ahead to build a retirement, then if they have to be a walmart greeeter or 7-11 cashier, well fine. Many of us learn too late that decisions have consequences.
I have a relation who didn't work on his skills enough to make management by his 40s, he's a party kinda guy, lost a few jobs, and he's admitted to me that he'll work til he drops.
I was actually concerned I'd waited too long to bail out too, but luckily managed some new skills and the timing was right, so I was able to work into a substantially higher salary and retirement. But not at first. Luckily I didn't have to stay in the work force to earn enough to survive on SS. Some do, some don't, based on their transferrable skills and ability to slip into a new occupation that's still growing, and hasn't maturing out.
That lesson is why I always advise youngers even early in their college to carefully keep assessing the future of new occupations they are working towards as a first or second career. It's not easy predicting workforce megatrends!
For me, it was the emerging Computer technology. Today, that field is pretty saturated. Will YOUR future job be there in 15 years too? Replies: