Duers know anybody that has dropped out of the workforce?

[Egalitarian Thug]

14. In my experience, no. Ageism is SOP throughout the field, and you're in the last job

you'll have in the field at 40. There are always exceptions and connections are good as always, I'm speaking from experience and relating what has been done to people that literally invented much of the technology that is ubiquitous today.

In the U.S., if he has a background in biology, organic chemistry, something medically related it should be OK-to-good going forward for the next few years. If not, I'd strongly recommend a reexamination of that major. There are always going to be niches that will do well, but the bottom line is that in CS you are always chasing the next big thing, always starting over at a new company or job, and always working yourself out of a job. The rates I see the people that do the actual work being paid today is frankly shocking, and I'm not at all surprised at how sloppy the products coming out are.

If I were 30 years younger, I'd learn what I could here, go to Asia, and get into nanotechnology. I think that's going to be huge and Japan/South Korea is where it's happening.