That works fine, but make sure you switch jobs every couple of years and keep yourself up on tech.
The danger of that path is you spend 10-15 years at one company, get laid off, and all your real value is in the internals of a company you no longer work for. You don't even know how to look for a job.
Ha I get this sentiment. My dad was a barber. He didn't love it, but it was just a stable part of life for 30+ years. It was a means to pay bills, and enjoyment came from elsewhere.
I'm coming to the conclusion that while work can contribute to happiness, it can also siphon so much willpower that I've got nothing left for kids, other pursuits, etc.
maybe that's possible if you manage to stay current in a sane niche, frontend js is not, and build your own base of clients.
it will be hard to allow for a consumeristic life-style.
> maybe that's possible if you manage to stay current in a sane niche, frontend js is not
Good thing my career has nothing to do with frontend js. Most of my background is in platform & infrastructure, and I'm currently in NMS... I'll be happy if I never touch web/social/mobile.
I can see myself doing NMS for a telecom for many more years.
> build your own base of clients
That's incompatible with the idea of being a 9-5er working for a large company, which is specifically what I want to do for the rest of my life.
> it will be hard to allow for a consumeristic life-style.
Well, I'm currently living a pretty consumeristic lifestyle right now... I just want to keep sustaining it till I die.
I just want to be a 9-5 mid-level software engineer until the day I die.