I lost my job at 58. It wasn’t to an H1-B, but I was Obama’d out of work. I have a friend who is an excellent board designer. He was laid off when his company established their design detment in India. Then, they called him back to do a rush job. He worked during the day here and put the work on the company intra-net for an Indian designer to work on the same board during India’s day. That guy was earing about a fourth what my friend was being paid. The job lasted just two weeks. Eventually, he moved over 1,000 miles away to the snow belt to take another job.
Me, I’m lucky in that I was very conservative and saved lots of money. Now I’m buying and refurbishing rental property. With luck I’ll make ends meet in another year or two. Meanwhile I watch every dime and worry a lot.
I tried to find another job. But after numerous wonderful interviews they always hired the younger guy. I’m on my own. Oddly, as much as this kills my arthritis, I’ve never been happier.
The biggest problem in the USA is the crisis of confidence. That is Obama’s real legacy, we are all running scared.