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Re:Ask HN: How to get around ageism and perceived incompetence? by romanhn on Friday August 04, 2017 @09:41PM (#14933792)
Are you actually interested in more responsibilities? Not everyone is. Have you proactively asked for it or have gone above and beyond to contribute outside of your normal day-to-day activities? Or do you tend to wait for opportunities to come to you?

Senior-level contributors are expected to show initiative on a continuous basis. As for moving into lead or manager roles, you need to show a lot of those qualities before even being considered for them. If you haven't demonstrated that you already have the qualities necessary for the new level, nobody is going to take a chance that you will suddenly develop them later. Proactively seeking those opportunities is part of the game.

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Re:Ask HN: How to get around ageism and perceived incompetence? by ccajas on Monday August 07, 2017 @04:47PM (#14951134)
People expect more responsibilities out of me due to my years that I worked. But throughout most of my career, I worked jobs that lacked support for programmers, and no mentorships. I'm not ready to lead or teach without first being on the receiving end of that. But no company that has the resources for being taught skills by better programmers would give me a job, so I'm stuck at this road block.
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