64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken seriously as a job applicant

Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by brobdingnagians on Monday January 28, 2019 @09:51PM (#19023307)

I like this comment; seems like you could make a pretty good company from the older talent that isn't picked up by the young companies. In terms of pure competition, you could give them all a run for their money with the lifelong knowledge bit.

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Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by ilovetux on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:28AM (#19025758)

I've seen something similar where a company made a spot for themselves hiring aging cobol programmers and making pretty good money contracting with other companies. I will try to find a link to the article I read.

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Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by ilovetux on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @10:14AM (#19026919)

I found the link. The company is called COBOL Cowboys.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-cobol/banks-scr...

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Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by brobdingnagians on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @12:17PM (#19028011)

Thank you, that's cool

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Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by jammygit on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @09:21PM (#19041722)

The company I worked for last year was about 1/4 older gentlemen in engineering roles. I'm disappointed that other companies are not as keen to hire them, but they had so freaking much experience and it was a pleasure to work with them

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