Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job

Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by Mandatum on Thursday October 23, 2014 @08:35PM (#8501529)

Haha, well the work environment at Xerox here in New Zealand is actually really good. Too bad he didn't, I've met with a lot of their senior engineers (also at Konica) and they're extremely knowledgeable and friendly.

Unfortunately the pay would likely be why he turned it down.

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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by johnward on Friday October 24, 2014 @09:31AM (#8503532)

A coworker is doing a project in New Zealand and he loves it. It seems like the overall work environment in New Zealand is pretty good. When he told me the office didn't have free coffee a thought it was terrible. Until he explained you actually have time to take 15 minutes and go and buy a cup of coffee and take an actual "coffee break" a few times a day. That's kind of rare in the US. We usually get free coffee and enough time to walk over to the machine and back to your desk.

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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by luisivan on Thursday October 23, 2014 @08:54PM (#8501597)

I think it was more the fact that he got married and had two child than the pay

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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by Mandatum on Thursday October 23, 2014 @09:31PM (#8501704)

Perfect reason to move here. :P

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