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I think plenty of people take this route. There are stories from SV about middle-aged men who undertake cosmetic surgery to look younger, so it's not a stretch
by ccallebs 10y ago
I think plenty of people take this route. There are stories from SV about middle-aged men who undertake cosmetic surgery to look younger, so it's not a stretch that some people would do what you're saying.
However, what you're suggesting isn't a solution. It's not even a band-aid. Imagine living your days worrying about whether or not you'd be exposed for being older than what you are. That would be maddening.
I'm only 28, but I fear what the career landscape will look like when I hit mid-life as well. My inclination is that the field has grown so much we're looking at peak-agism right now. Although I've never seen it in person, it makes me wonder when so many teams don't look like they have anyone over 40.
- ydt 10y agoI was worried about this when I was younger, but as I've reached my mid-40s I still get lots of great offers and have no problems finding contract/freelance gigs with good rates. Now, I'm in Denver so perhaps this is more of an SV thing. In the real world, businesses are having a hard enough time hiring and retaining productive devs to engage in that kind of discrimination.
- 3pt14159 10y agoI think I'm being misunderstood. I'm not saying this is a solution, I'm asking why this doesn't happen. Maybe it does though.
- ccallebs 10y agoAh, gotcha. I wasn't trying to put words in your mouth. But I think it does happen frequently (and not just in software development). Certainly if I were faced between not providing for my family and dying my hair / getting botox injections, I would choose the latter.