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Re:Software developers who started after 35, 40 or 50 by klibertp on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:28AM (#13659365)
Good point, worth taking into consideration. Depending on where you live and where you come from it may still be a very good deal, but it is a downside. I wouldn't be even considering an idea of going into management if not for this reason.

Still, I'm not aware of any other field where the barrier to entry is this low while average salaries are this high and where there's a higher cap on what you can earn. Are you?

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Re:Software developers who started after 35, 40 or 50 by ryandrake on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:41AM (#13659427)
No. It seems you must pick at most two of:

1. Low barrier to entry

2. High average salary

3. Predictable upward career growth

An example of 1+2 is software. Examples of 2+3 are medicine and banking. Examples of 1+3 are sales and many traditional office/management jobs.

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