Comment by slyall
However failure to update your skills will eventually catch up with you if you are in a technical role.
You don't want to be 40 and an expert in some legacy technology that even the trailing edge companies are phasing out.
However failure to update your skills will eventually catch up with you if you are in a technical role.
You don't want to be 40 and an expert in some legacy technology that even the trailing edge companies are phasing out.
I'm inclined to agree with you however I know a few C++ developers, DBAs etc approaching their 60s who don't have any inclination to do anything non technical. I myself have moved from development to solution architecture. I'm quite surprised how non-technical it is most of the time, although it does require a lot of understanding of concepts which most managers seem to struggle with.
All the more reason to make the jump out of a purely technical role, in my opinion