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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7315626, member: 112"]There was a time some years ago that the employees at PCGS pretty much agreed that the best grader they had at that time was 18 years old. I don't know if he still works there or not but no matter where he works or even what does now he still couldn't be much over 30. I guess what I'm getting at is how one defines "middle aged". If ya look it up it says 45-65. And I know for a fact that more than a few graders fall into that group, some older even. But there are also those under that age. Over the years I've know several professional graders. At one point we even had a moderator here on CT who became a grader at PCGS. He didn't stay there long though because he was offered a much more lucrative job, the best paying job there is in numismatics - being a buyer. And to put that into perspective one has to realize that professional graders get paid 6 figures with some making as much as 250k. But not everybody leaves a job like that for more money, some leave it because they just can't, or don't want to do it anymore - for numerous reasons. Others keep it because they simply love what they do. And to understand either side of that ya kinda have to know what goes on, what you have to do to do that job. And I'm not talking about one's skill level, but skill is definitely a requirement. And there are many levels of skill.[/QUOTE]