I'm old

[altenbach]

The gigabite comes last, else you spoil your appetite. 😄

[F._Schubert]

As I requested to start this topic, I need to say: Hello, I'm with you, thank you.

I'm just the generation of 3x when everything is easy. I like punk, so I don't trust anything above the age of 30 (including me and punk).

But to be serious: I just can't get how politicans are asking for higher retirement age (due to the demographic change) and the high unemployment of old people (up to highly-skilled engineers). I've got some stories to tell about this topic, but talking with 50+ I just shut my mouth in respect.

Felix

[oyester]

When I finally do retire, I will  be making more money than I am now. Assuming I live long enough to retire. But, as you said, it's like catch 22. You'll do fine if you work until you retire but no one wants to hire you because you're too old to work.

[Ben]

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@f. Schubert wrote:

As I requested to start this topic, I need to say: Hello, I'm with you, thank you.

I'm just the generation of 3x when everything is easy. I like punk, so I don't trust anything above the age of 30 (including me and punk).

But to be serious: I just can't get how politicans are asking for higher retirement age (due to the demographic change) and the high unemployment of old people (up to highly-skilled engineers). I've got some stories to tell about this topic, but talking with 50+ I just shut my mouth in respect.

Felix

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Speak to the conditions in the US (without getting too political).

The US has a Social Security system where the current generation pays for the previous generation.

The earliest retirement age was set up to be 62. When this age as set-up, the average life expectancy was about 58 for men. So SS was only intended for the exceptions. With the increased life expectancy, many are now living long enough to collect. I have heard talk of "indexing the retirement age" to life expectancies, which makes sense to me. Looking at what my son and grandaughter will have to face, to support my generation is not plesant thought.

RE: 50+ just shut my mouth...

"Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear" (Thomas Jefferson)

Ben

[Yamaeda]

I'm at level 37, a good age in general. I should really make more of it, as i didn't in the previous years ...

"Youth is wasted on the young."

/Y

[Andrey_Dmitriev]

From CodeProject.com:

"...My son is a manager for a company that creates military hardware and software. My grandson is a manager of a call center for a software company. My great-grandson uses his computer to play games. I just write code. Been doing it since 1962. Plan to keep on doing it. I'm 74..."

[GregFreeman]

23...and 51 weeks. I will, however, keep my subscription to this thread so at 59.5 when I'm finally able to pull out all my 401k money and laugh at all the young'uns just starting work, they can all turn the table and laugh at me cuz I actually had to write code "in my day" while they just watch it all get auto-generated instead.

That said, I would like someone to make a system with LabVIEW to help me blow out my candles next week.

Thank you.

[fdinoff]

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@for(imstuck) wrote:

they can all turn the table and laugh at me cuz I actually had to write code "in my day" while they just watch it all get auto-generated instead.

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They can already kind of do this. Look at Open Plug. While they still have to write code one time, it gets generated to run on multiple different mobile platforms for them.

[tbob]

Pretty soon we will be seeing questions like this:

I am trying to realize time travel.  How can I do this with Labview?

[Kev1823]

I'm 21 years old (soon to be 22 in a few weeks time if that makes you older guys feel any better 😉 ) and a recent graduate so I'm entering into the world of work for the first time, in one of the worst ever periods for economic activity.

Thankfully,I live in and around Aberdeen (Scotland), the oil and gas capital of Europe so even in the wake of the global economic crisis, engineering jobs in the industry are still plentiful.

But I have sympathy for those who perhaps in a less fortunate position than myself, or for those nearing retirement age, as this recession certainly hasn't helped matters.

Regards,

Kevin