Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)
This is generally true.<p>It&#x27;s a combination of many things, from brain &quot;degradation&quot;, ageism, simple economic math ( fresh meat is cheaper and more malleable ), other more important interests like having a real life and when you really mute all the marketing BS, your delusions and wishful thinking, the actual work of being a developer&#x2F;programmer in a professional setting is a really shitty job and sad life for the majority of people on those jobs.<p>I&#x27;m a few years from 40 and not having experience or interest in large organizations, I don&#x27;t know what to do.<p>Programming is cool, but I always found it to be a tool to get somewhere, and that somewhere hasn&#x27;t happened and I don&#x27;t even know what it is or looks like.<p>But either way, always have a plan B and don&#x27;t forget about it.