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A comment on I Joined Airbnb at 52, Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and Tech Industry. Parent comment

Re:I Joined Airbnb at 52, Here’s What I Learned About Age, W... by elmerland on Saturday April 22, 2017 @08:21PM (#14175683)
I would say that non-technical competencies are not optional and they will help your career one way or another. Maybe a better question to ask ourselves is how do I continue to add value in the environment I'm in? I doubt the answer to that remains constant throughout a long career.
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Re:I Joined Airbnb at 52, Here’s What I Learned About Age, W... by wiz21z on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:36AM (#14177542)
It all depends on what you mean by "value".

If value means helping the marketing team at apple to sell more useless (but admitedly super-technological) phones, then count me out :-)

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Re:I Joined Airbnb at 52, Here’s What I Learned About Age, W... by elmerland on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:15AM (#14190725)
lol fair, I was working under the assumption that you believe in the product the company you work for is making/selling.
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