At the weekend I talked this over with two former colleagues. We are all of a similar age and worked together for about three years in the mid-nineties. Our feeling was that under 40 learning progressed our careers but over that age it was more about maintaining your position. In recent years each of us have felt that at certain times we have been going backwards and also that changing jobs can be difficult because of ageism! It's sad that the government want to raise the retirement age and yet the majority of jobs for older people seem to be shelf filling and similar roles! 🙁