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Get into a big and mature company (think: 10k+ employees) instead of a startup or an smb. When I visit my friend at his company's San Francisco r&d building I s
by lobotryas 10y ago
Get into a big and mature company (think: 10k+ employees) instead of a startup or an smb. When I visit my friend at his company's San Francisco r&d building I see just as many old people as young or middle aged. Many of the older folks are very well respected due to their experience. Downside is that you'll probably be using some OOP language to make incremental changes to some ancient api call.
- pleasecalllater 10y agoI heard that mainly from recruiters working for huge companies, so huge, that I couldn't apply directly, as they had outsourced all the recruitment so some external companies. On the other hand I'm not from the USA, and what's worse - currently I need to have only remote job - which makes searching for a job even more hilarious.
- lobotryas 10y agoSorry to hear about your troubles, man. My only suggestion is networking. Get to know people in mailing lists/meetups/groups for the tech (languages, hw, whatever) you frequent and mention that you're looking for a remote assignment. If none of that is an option, I guess you could always try Botox :( https://newrepublic.com/article/117088/silicons-valleys-brutal-ageism https://newrepublic.com/article/117088/silicons-valleys-brut...
- pleasecalllater 10y agoI hope the botox thing is a joke :)
- dottedmag 10y agoAre there big and mature companies which are also "remote first"? Not everyone can or wants to live in Valley.