On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 13:57:39 +0100, "tim......"
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"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

I moved into sales, then marketing, then general management. being
technical, I was the one sales guy who never needed a bag carrier, as
I could demonstrate everything I sold, and didn't sell things that
wouldn't do the job for the customer.

I later got to invent and specify new products, which teams of techies
then built. It was much more fun (and lucrative) than just being one
of those techies.