I work in IT and it seems like nowadays people under 40 may not apply. My current job is project manager, its the kind of job you get after years of being a tech, a dev or an analyst. Like, its already hard to even reach that point, some never do! Historically, it would take one about 10 years to become a PM.
Yet somehow, reaching that point isnt enough anymore, nowadays to get hired as a pm, you need 10 years of experience as a pm, but since you already needed about 10 years of experience to even land such a position in the first place, that means all these companies ONLY hire people with 20 years of experience! And get that, most of the time you dont even have direct reports in such a position, you just lead and coordinate! I mean what in the actual fuck is going on?!
So here I am, stuck in a very toxic workplace, having to wait 7 more years before I can apply somewhere else for the same position I currently have. Labour shortage my ass…