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Re:Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing? by jl2718 on Friday October 30, 2020 @09:55AM (#24942200)
There are legions of them. Layoff over 50 is a career-ender in software. Lawyers are just warming up at that point.
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Re:Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing? by ramblerman on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:44AM (#24942735)
Legions huh? Do you have something to back up that claim.

It's often stated - and worried about, but whenever a thread comes up about devs over 50, we mainly see counterexamples.

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Re:Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing? by jl2718 on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:32PM (#24948692)
Everybody I worked with when I was 16. They were then my age now. I know where this goes.
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