Jeff Post wrote:
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"Plan on getting into management by the time you're 40, or plan on changing careers. One of my former co-workers (an old geezer like me) is now a truck driver! And he was one of the best software engineers I ever worked with."

Hehe, that hits too close to home. Around 40 years of age, I got into management and hated the "emotional stimulation", so went back to the "intellectual stimulation" of engineering and haven't looked back since. Coincidentally, I drove an 18-wheeler back in my formative years -- something to fall back on, although I hope I don't have to :-)