You are old at the age of 30. Where have all the "old people" from Internet companies gone?

Speaking of the Internet industry, "high pressure, high salary, and youth" seem to be its three labels. When entering the door of an Internet company, from the administrative front desk to technical customer service, almost everyone is young. Even Tencent, which has been established for more than 30 years, has recently begun to pursue fresh blood.

Then some people can’t help but wonder, where have those former “Internet elders” gone?

Don’t stick to one corner and find a new path

——Li Xiao, 32 years old, graduated from 985 College, once engaged in technology development work in a large Internet company

Li Xiao He was once a crazy fan of the boss of an Internet company. Because both of them had the same surname: Li, he once jokingly called himself and Robin Li the "double Li CP" in college, even though the boss didn't know who Li Xiao was. Therefore, it is Li Xiao's dream to work in that company, not only because that company is a large company well-known at home and abroad, but also a paradise for programmers. No matter what you study, it seems that there will be a position suitable for you.

Li Xiao, 25, finally entered the company of his dreams. There are two computers above Li Xiao's workstation. The characters and codes jumping on the huge display screen are Li Xiao's daily work, writing code, finding errors, giving feedback, and reproducing... the cycle starts over and over again.

After going through the stages of intern, full-time, full-time employee, and finally an old employee, Li Xiao, who had been offered a promotion opportunity recently, chose to resign.

In Li Xiao's words: "Although the company is big, it has already polished off my passion. If I stay here any longer, I will be useless." After leaving the dream-making field, Li Xiao felt very happy for a while. Confused, "I can only write code, what else can I do? When I get old and can no longer stay up late and work overtime, will I still write code?"

After being confused for a while, Li Xiao decided to Work for yourself, stand up at thirty, and create your own career.

Li Xiao, who loves games and is proficient in technology, found a few like-minded friends and started to be his own boss. He found angel investment and applied for a game license. He was busy in full swing. In the spring of 2018, Li Xiao Xiao's game was officially launched on Apple's APP store and Google Store. It was a good start to the week and made Li Xiao feel that his original decision was right.

Life brought him more surprises than he expected.

Li Xiao’s company now has nearly 100 people and is also preparing to develop a third game.

Although, plaid shirt, weathered face, hair loss... it seems that all the characteristics of a programmer can be found in Li Xiao's body. But 32-year-old Li Xiao has shown passion in his entrepreneurial journey.

Sail against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat

——Zhang Xin, 31 years old, graduated from a junior college, was recruited by the society to join an Internet travel company, and worked as a travel consultant

Zhang Xin is a beautiful girl. Zhang Xin has loved playing around since she was a child. After graduating from college, she plunged into the tourism industry. However, Zhang Xin did not have a tour guide qualification certificate, so she settled for the next best thing. Zhang Xin started to do Internet tourism. Corporate travel consultant.

Recommending group tours, customizing independent travel itineraries, booking hotels, and air tickets. Not only do you have to deal with a lot of numbers every day, but you also have marketing results. At first, Zhang Xin felt that although travel consultants were responsible for complex things and were not like tour guides who could directly take groups out for fun, if they worked more, they would definitely have the opportunity to go out and experience the following. In this way, Zhang Xin has been looking forward to "traveling for business" since she was 23 years old.

At the age of 25, Zhang Xin finally got her first opportunity to go on a "business trip". However, the time was tight and the tasks were heavy. She flew from Chongqing to Harbin. After contacting the business, Zhang Xin returned to Chongqing the same day. Not to mention taking a look at the scenic spots in Harbin, Zhang Xin didn't even have time to taste the most authentic "Harbin red sausage".

Putting work first, Zhang Xin could only comfort herself in this way. Slowly, although Zhang Xin's performance continued to grow, those dreams of traveling around the mountains and rivers were never realized.

29-year-old Zhang Xin has become the company's top sister. In this year, Zhang Xin got married and had a child. Although she had accumulated a lot of resources in the industry, the successive marriage and maternity leaves caused her status in the company to plummet. In desperation, after the baby was born, Zhang Xin had no choice but to leave her job.

Zhang Xin's helplessness seems to be the helplessness of many women. Zhang Xin said: "Many of my friends have resigned after taking maternity leave. First, because the maternity leave took a long time, they were out of touch with the company's business. , the second reason is that when you are on maternity leave, your work will be taken care of by others. When you go back, you will inevitably look at it and feel unhappy, so you have to leave your job."

For the sake of family and children, Zhang Xin began to look at her. Think about how you can be more stable, earn more money, and go home to take care of your children earlier. At this time, an Internet travel company extended an olive branch to Zhang Xin. With her own network resources, Zhang Xin began to work as a travel consultant manager in the new company.

Zhang Xin revealed her helplessness in her words: "The tourism industry is all about youth. In order to be more stable, I can only move to a high position, otherwise I will be eliminated."

Relegated to the second line, Everything is stable

——Zhang Lei, 35 years old, graduated from 211 College, civil servant

Zhang Lei has already passed his thirties this year, and the energy and passion of his twenties have long been washed away by society. With a clean slate and a somewhat mediocre nature, Zhang Lei decided to return to his hometown to take the civil service exam when he was 31 years old.

During the years he lived in Beijing, Zhang Lei recalled: "At that time, I would go home to a dark room every day. Sometimes I would work overtime until early in the morning. When I got home, I would have to make instant noodles by myself when I was hungry. I was often worried. Will my house be taken away by the landlord one day? Will the rent be raised next month? It’s very tiring.”

Zhang Lei has been living in Beijing for nearly ten years, but this time has left him with memories. Doesn't seem good.

Zhang Lei has changed jobs four times, each time at an Internet company. “Internet companies respond quickly to recruitment, and the entry threshold is low, but it also depends on the size of the company. If a small company goes bankrupt, it will be really difficult.” "Zhang Lei said frankly that he once firmly wanted to stay in the Internet industry, which was also a rising industry that he was once optimistic about. However, after several failed experiences, Zhang Lei hesitated. The rapid replacement and high-pressure working environment made him hesitate. Zhang Lei hesitated.

Just when Zhang Lei was still thinking about whether to continue to compete in the Internet industry, Zhang Lei’s boss resigned. The new leader was a "child" born in the 1990s. This shock crushed Zhang Lei. The mentality of wanting to persevere in Beijing.

As his parents began to urge marriage and childbirth, Zhang Lei returned to his hometown at the end of 2017, passed the civil service examination there, and began a stable life of dating, getting married, and having children.

Under the general trend of this era, the Internet industry does contain many opportunities, and it also attracts more young people to come in one after another. However, the influx of big waves will inevitably push the waves ahead. The situation, and how can the "old Internet people" turn around decently the moment they come ashore, may be what time has left them to think about.