Dealer Satisfaction Survey

[macus]

I agree with Audrey. And as you get older you also get more locked in to what you've been doing, because no one wants to hire someone w/o experience. If you've spent 20 years selling cars (or fixing widgets or whatever), it's very much harder to find something new outside that field since -- in this economy -- most employers won't even reply to a resume that lacks the required number of years of specialized experience they're seeking. Even in a tech field, if you work for a company long enough and they don't stay absolutely at the forefront of the tech they utilize (which many don't, due to the cost), their people will find themselves obsolete when they try to get another job.

The young have a better chance of striking out in new directions, because they're not overly skilled at much of anything; but after a decade or two they often find themselves in a rut that just keeps getting deeper.