Age & Life Stage

14 articles

Age & Life Stage8 min read

AI and the Sandwich Generation: When Your Job, Kids, and Parents Are All at Risk

Caring for children and ageing parents while your job is under threat from AI. The specific financial and emotional pressures, and how to prioritise when everything feels urgent.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

AI and Your Career in Your 20s: A Different Kind of Advice

Career advice for your 20s in the age of AI that isn't 'learn to code.' Focus on adaptability, financial buffers, and the advantages of having time on your side.

Age & Life Stage8 min read

Gen X: The Forgotten Generation in AI Disruption

Gen X is caught between being too young to retire and too old for easy reinvention. With mortgages, kids, and ageing parents, AI disruption hits differently in your 40s and 50s.

Age & Life Stage8 min read

Gen Z and AI: The Entry-Level Crisis Nobody's Talking About

AI is eliminating entry-level jobs faster than any other category. If you're Gen Z trying to start a career, here's what's actually happening and what to do about it.

Age & Life Stage8 min read

Should I Go Back to University Because of AI?

Thinking about going back to university to AI-proof your career? Here's an honest cost-benefit analysis of when a degree helps and when it's expensive procrastination.

Age & Life Stage8 min read

The Experience Trap: When 20 Years of Seniority Isn't Protection

Long tenure and deep experience used to mean job security. In the age of AI, seniority can make you a target. Here's how to protect yourself.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

AI and Your Career After 40: What Nobody's Telling You

Over 40 and worried about AI taking your job? An AI consultant who was made redundant at 42 shares what actually matters for your career now.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

AI Layoffs and Financial Planning: Building Your Safety Net Now

Worried about AI-driven layoffs? A practical guide to financial planning before redundancy hits, from someone who learned the hard way.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

Approaching Retirement and AI Disruption: Do You Need to Worry?

Five to ten years from retirement and worried AI will derail your plans? Here's an honest assessment of the risks and what you can actually control.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

Career Change at 40 Because of AI: A Practical (Not Motivational) Guide

Forced to consider a career change at 40 because of AI? Skip the motivational fluff. Here's what actually works from someone who did it.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

Graduating Into the AI Job Market: What I'd Tell My Younger Self

Just graduated and terrified about AI and jobs? An over-40 AI consultant shares what actually matters when entering a job market reshaped by AI.

Age & Life Stage8 min read

Job Hunting Over 50 in the AI Age: A Brutally Honest Guide

Over 50 and looking for work in the AI era? No platitudes here. Practical advice from an AI consultant on what's actually working right now.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

Mid-Career Pivot When AI Changes Everything Under You

Thinking about a mid-career change because of AI? Here's how to figure out what to do next when the ground keeps shifting beneath your feet.

Age & Life Stage7 min read

Single Income Household and AI Risk: When There's No Safety Net

If your household depends on one salary and AI is threatening it, here's how to think about the risk and what to do before anything happens.