Why is the age of 35 said to be the watershed for migrant workers?

I saw a joke in the circle of friends a few days ago: a wage earner went to a fortune teller when he was 35 years old and asked him to calculate his future. The fortune teller looked at the wage earner in front of him and said, "You must have been very poor before the age of 35." The wage earner nodded sharply and asked eagerly, "What about after the age of 35?" The fortune teller touched himself. The beard said: "After the age of 35, you get used to being poor..."

A while ago I had a friend, he is 38 years old, and he used to be a headhunter. He left his previous company this year, but instead of continuing to be a headhunter or working as an HR in a large company, he started his own business. I asked him why he chose to start a business, and his reply was actually the same as the joke above: if you are over 35 years old, it is generally difficult for you to find the same position again, because companies generally do not recruit employees over 35 years old. . Even if he was a headhunter before and asked other headhunters to help him with his work, they would only help in name, but in reality it would be difficult to sell him.

Actually, these two things are talking about the same somewhat heavy truth, that is, the age of 35 is a watershed in life. If you do not develop well before the age of 35, it may be difficult to improve your life after that. . In fact, the data shows that it agrees. Some studies show that the age of 35 determines 90% of lifetime income. This does not mean that the money earned before the age of 35 accounts for 90% of the lifetime income, but that the income level before the age of 35 determines 90% of the upper limit of lifetime income.

A very simple fact is that when companies recruit now, unless they are middle and senior management who are changing jobs, they generally do not recruit people over the age of 35. You can see this by looking at major recruitment websites. In fact, it is more difficult to find a job after the age of 30. Graduates come in groups. If you are a boss, you will choose young people with low salaries and the ability to stay up late. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right career track before the age of 35.

Therefore, we often use the age of 35 as a core checkpoint. Usually, the peak you can reach before the age of 35 is the stratosphere where you can reach the peak in the future. Basically, the age of 35 can be divided into three possibilities: the first is to stay in the low-wage class at the age of 35, the second is to enter the middle-wage class at the age of 35, and the third is to enter the middle-wage class at the age of 35. By then, he had entered the high-paying class.

If you are unfortunate and are still in the low-income bracket at the age of 35, it is basically difficult for you to have other greater development. Instead of doing this, you might as well try to learn a skill, such as being a chef or a driver, and having A skill set often leads to a better life than remaining in a low-paying position at your current company.

If you are the second type, the middle-income earner, you must have this awareness: after the age of 35, you will continue to get salary increases, but each salary increase may only be 3% to 10%. It basically maintains a balance with the inflation of the entire market. At this time, we have to think about a question: Can you maintain this middle-income status until retirement? The third type, the high-salary class, the salary increase is not based on the normal proportion, because generally speaking, when you reach the high-salary class, your boss thinks you are worth whatever you are worth. Generally, people like this will have a better life in the future.

So, before the age of 35, you should try your best to jump from the middle-income class to the high-income class. If you are unable to complete it at the age of 35, then basically the middle-income earners will have hit your ceiling by the time they are 40 years old. Your career life is very short at this time. As long as you encounter some big storms at the age of 40, such as the company firing you at the age of 40, this is the so-called mid-life crisis. Be vigilant.

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