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Re:Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person (2017) by pleasecalllater on Saturday April 07, 2018 @03:29AM (#16779792)
I'm almost 40, and I have problems with getting through the recruiters wall. They usually tell me two things: "the company is looking for someone more culturally fit (younger)" or "you are almost 40, and you still are not at manager". The thing is I want to be a programmer :)

So looking for a job is harder, but when I finally get one, it's funny to work with those young people, who usually have no idea of many things. Example from this week: when you connect to 127.0.0.1 from your machine, it's not connecting you to the testing server.

I think that if you are "old" and you are looking for a job, just don't give up, and ignore all those "young" companies.

Btw, I was always wondering what they will do in 10 years, when all those "young" people will be "too old for them to hire". Will they fire them?

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Re:Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person (2017) by ozim on Saturday April 07, 2018 @05:29AM (#16780053)
Nope all those young guys after 2 years will move somewhere else for better salary. Then they will recruit new young ones.

Seems like long term employees are burden. They get old, sick, know their rights. Maybe even start having demands and don't just leave when those are not met making them grumpy.

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Re:Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person (2017) by fao_ on Monday April 09, 2018 @06:57AM (#16791920)
> Nope all those young guys after 2 years will move somewhere else for better salary. Then they will recruit new young ones.

Which tells you about how well the code is maintained, at the very least.

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