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- Nov 19, 2013
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Expendable.Most of my friends in their 40s and 50s are worse off than we were before GW.
Too many people being replaced by Business Visas.
Most of my retired friends are doing quite well.
Because us OLD PEOPLE knew to save and invest, and NOT rely on SS, medicare, etc.! ...The problem for you young people is you have one job, when I was in my early 20's starting a family, I worked 3 jobs, and did 3 jobs for over 10 years, how did you plan on getting rich?...LOTTO????
You're sound biting.
I was in Computers and from Reagan and on I was constantly in and out of work until 2004 when my career went stone dead.
I created systems on Wall Street that made millions and would be replaced by 50 Indians soon after the systems were completed.
I never had the chance to save a dime.
A Wall Street position means 80 hours a week and up with my highest salary ever being 100K for 2 years.
No time for a second job or to attend a college to change careers.
My situation is typical for people in their 40s-50s in big cities.
Yes, IT jobs nowadays are "full-time" jobs, literally.
Not like the old school jobs where you punch the card and be done with it...
I was always pushing the envelope.
I always put in features that nobody else thought of and most of my managers were really upset to see me being replaced by non-English speaking incompetent boobs.
Thats what corporate America has become, you are just... what is that word... ah,.. "expandable"......
Plug & Play.
The real money marker for major Entities is Institutional Trading; there's nothing like using every tool at your disposal to fake as good Quarterly earnings as possible.