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A comment on Ask HN: Is it (un)ethical to advise older people to switch to a tech career?.

Re:Ask HN: Is it (un)ethical to advise older people to switc... by sharemywin on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:15PM (#14764275)
The question are they going to want to take junior level pay to get in the door?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it (un)ethical to advise older people to switc... by magic_beans on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:40PM (#14764478)
This, to me, seems to be the biggest issue. What former lawyer is going to accept a $45k salary as a junior dev?

That said, there definitely are product/management roles that would benefit from having programming knowledge.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it (un)ethical to advise older people to switc... by neekburm on Friday July 14, 2017 @09:37AM (#14769655)
I did. I was a shitty lawyer, though. Best decision I ever made.
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