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Originally Posted by RichieRich
It's all in how they handle themselves, their situations, accountability, and of course likeability. If someone is loud, brash, entitled, and a bully well they won't get support or respect and life will be harder for them. As with ANY position at ANY age, respect needs to be earned and even moreso as one climbs the ladder... to a point. At some "level" it seems some get promoted beyond their level of incompetency (meaning: they can't be fired, but just get them outa the way of those that do real work and keep them looking at big picture stuff). I've certainly worked with a couple of brilliant younger managers - one could gold-plate and polish turds and suck @$$ amazingly but tended to throw some folks under the bus (and yes, he was brilliant); and the other was smooth (in a good way), well organized, had a way of making people feel like they wanted to work for him, made people feel valued, and you can guess which one is likely to go further??
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I'm not saying that it's impossible for younger people to have management positions, it's just harder.
My point is that you'd be surprised what kinds of positions an experienced person in their late 30s/early 40s can get, if they simply just go out and look for it. Once again, I certainly see a bunch of people I know randomly attaining management/board of director type positions with little previous success.