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A comment on 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 MicroBerto on Thursday October 23, 2014 @10:57PM (#8501931)
This is crazy. Were I hiring, I'd kill to have someone that experienced and with likely far fewer "life liabilities" (I'm doubting he's going to start having babies or go absolutely insane over some girl he can't get out of his mind... or disappear playing video games for two weeks straight)

Have him keep at it. Someone will appreciate what he's got.

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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by humanrebar on Friday October 24, 2014 @03:44AM (#8502540)
Your intention is probably admirable (reassuring someone about a rough situation), but your list of life liabilities basically appeal to other prejudices based on age, gender, and possibly relationship status.

I'm not particularly impressed by this logic.

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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by collyw on Friday October 24, 2014 @09:02AM (#8503426)
Its reality though.

The age group of my current workplace probably averages early 30's, and we have a lot of people taking time off to have babies. I seem to be the only person that does any work a lot of the time.

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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by illumen on Friday October 24, 2014 @11:29AM (#8504134)
I bet you pay more tax than them too for the benefit of doing all their work. But the world needs more babies! Um... no it doesn't.
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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by collyw on Sunday October 26, 2014 @04:17AM (#8510509)
The continual growth economic paradigm requires more babies.
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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by MicroBerto on Friday October 24, 2014 @10:29PM (#8506984)
The logic is actually the best part of my post.

The worst part is the fact that if I were to actually hire like that, it'd be illegal. That's what sucks.

Land of the free though, right?

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Re:Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tou... by 2muchcoffeeman on Friday October 24, 2014 @12:04AM (#8502090)
Yeah, but most companies don't want to pay for someone with that sort of experience. I think most people think of developers/IT staff largely as 'resources'.

There's generally no career path for a developer that involves still doing a lot of development.

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