Ageism - Interesting Read that Holds True Today

 Ageism - Interesting Read that Holds True Today

Older People Make More Money

In many industries, your experience is a valued asset. As you get older, and more experienced, you can earn more money because that experience is something companies find desirable. That experience can help teach other people what you know, steer clear of pitfalls you’ve seen in your past, and just have more knowledge about a subject. This experience might earn you more money, which is great, but to your employer, you’re now an expensive resource. If managers can figure out how to cut costs without losing anything, they’ll certainly have to consider it.

In the IT world, your experience might have a shelf life. Consider, for a second, that a new company is starting up with a focus on public cloud. The cloud really isn’t that old, so if someone with 25 years of IT experience and someone with 5 years of experience apply for the same cloud position, do they have a different amount of “cloud” experience”? My guess here is that only a few years out of that 25 would be cloud related, so the two employees would really have about the same amount of “cloud” related work experience. Unfortunately, the person with 25 years of experience probably thinks that they should be paid for all of their experience and not just the cloud related stuff. They might be right too since there are many skills that are useful even if it’s not specific to your primary role. Things like knowing the industry, relating cloud to other data center concepts, working with teams, etc are all useful skills, but will the employer see it that way? Or will the employer see two people with the same cloud experience and one of them is much less expensive than the other?

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