At what age do you plan to retire?

[SallyAnne]

if you do that you wont get a job again

in IT, your finished at 40

Do you post anything which isn't utter b*llocks?

[Francko]

Do you post anything which isn't utter b*llocks?

Well, in permie world he's right. Actually even after 35 you are dead in permie world. Unless you are already in a high position at 35 then you are just a cost, not an investment.

[Jog On]

I am aiming to retire from having to rely on a job/trading time for money within the next year or 2 at the very least which will make me 35/36. I’ll still ‘work’ but not in the conventional sense.

[SallyAnne]

Well, in permie world he's right. Actually even after 35 you are dead in permie world. Unless you are already in a high position at 35 then you are just a cost, not an investment.

No you're not!

What industries are yous talking about?

I've worked in a few different permie environments - IT consultancy, engineering, civil service ( ) and woerked with people of all ages. No one gives a crap.

Is this another "London is the entire world" thing again? Are yous just talking about London?

[Francko]

No you're not!

What industries are yous talking about?

I've worked in a few different permie environments - IT consultancy, engineering, civil service ( ) and woerked with people of all ages. No one gives a crap.

Is this another "London is the entire world" thing again? Are yous just talking about London?

I am not saying that you are not able to work but that you don't have carreer prospects any longer.

And yes, London is the world. Too bad I have temporarily left for another planet. And yes, I can confirm, outside London everybody is an alien and there are no other forms of life.

[King Cnvt]

No you're not!

What industries are yous talking about?

I've worked in a few different permie environments - IT consultancy, engineering, civil service ( ) and woerked with people of all ages. No one gives a crap.

Is this another "London is the entire world" thing again? Are yous just talking about London?

It's okay to be forty and in IT. Just don't be fat and forty. That's a no no.

[TheFaQQer]

Gosh.

That's put 90% of us in our place then... a cost not an investment...

There's a difference between being a cost and a liability, although they go together on the balance sheet.

[mace]

Well, in permie world he's right. Actually even after 35 you are dead in permie world. Unless you are already in a high position at 35 then you are just a cost, not an investment.

It would be a naive company that views a person under 35 as an investment. How long do staff stick around?

[chasingtheaurora]

Never.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Never.

I plan to have some interesting minimum time maximum payment job like chairman of the board of a comp or the like untill I die.

Imagine being at home with the wife all day - every day. AAARRGGGHHH