"Recliner" wrote in message
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Eric wrote:
On 2013-12-13, Recliner wrote:
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Oddly I don't get bored with my work. But then I don't have to ****
about
with powerpoint and talk ******** all day - I actually do something
useful
and productive.

Programming? At your age? How thrilling!

Thrilling? Yes, it can be. At any age. Actually that line says more
about your personality than about anything else.

Yes, perhaps. I moved on from programming a long time ago.

But what do you move onto?

IME one in a 1000 of the available opportunities for advancement for
senior/principle engineers are "technical lead" positions. The rest are in
project management or line management - aka sitting at a desk pushing bits
of paper around, answering the phone from the client and attending meetings
all day.

and you think that is preferable, I certainly don't

tim