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Re:Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around ag... by president on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:48PM (#19100394)
You're probably a young'n. This is what everybody thinks until they hit the point in their life where they realize there is more to life than just work (family, friends, hobbies, etc). You'll be complaining soon enough.
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Re:Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around ag... by Someone on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:13PM (#19100638)
In some sense, that isn’t age discrimination by the employer, but you no longer being willing to be exploited.

It would be age discrimination if employers wouldn’t even invite you for an interview, thinking “(s)he’s 50, so (s)he must be wise enough not to fall for the crap story we tell the gullible”.

As long as there are employers where work-life balance is a better match with what you want out of life, I wouldn’t worry about it. And I think there are, certainly in Europe.

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Re:Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around ag... by ValleyOfTheMtns on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:17PM (#19101179)
Wow, account age dick measuring... didn't think I'd see this on HN.

Also, what does account age have to do with actual age (which is what we're talking about here)?

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Re:Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around ag... by ivalm on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:20PM (#19101702)
Are you implying that the age of your HN account relates in any way to your age? Someone who is sub-30 could have a 2008 account.
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