Ask HN: Who has started a business because they couldn't get hired for work?

Re:Ask HN: Who has started a business because they couldn't ... by JeremyMorgan on Friday June 15, 2018 @10:17PM (#17325427)

I respectfully disagree. I believe being risk averse makes you age faster and helps you live up to the "old programmer" stereotype.

I'm 40, so one foot in the grave in the tech world, yet I have managed to keep myself marketable by not being afraid to jump in and learn new things when needed, just like a college kid, but with experience. Maybe I'm wasting my time spending hours learning Vue or Kubernetes for the future but if I had stayed "safe" developing WPF calendar apps and cursing the new stuff I'd be dead in the water. And taking on new positions and companies puts me out of my comfort zone and teaches me new things.

Everyone's mileage varies on this of course.

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Re:Ask HN: Who has started a business because they couldn't ... by vincentmarle on Saturday June 16, 2018 @02:20AM (#17326183)

I agree, I’m in my early 30’s but I have no problem hiring people above 40’s. The key thing that I observe is indeed the ones who are still curious and always tinkering with new things, especially combined with their experience, are extremely powerful. Wouldn’t trade them for any young kid in the world. The instances where it doesn’t work out is when they have an inability to adapt or to change.

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Re:Ask HN: Who has started a business because they couldn't ... by khitchdee on Friday June 15, 2018 @10:42PM (#17325507)

I'm 50 and still counting, so maybe my perspective on things is a little more tired than yours.

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