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> No possibility of making less money. I got older, and the Beast that needed to be fed got bigger and more demanding—never less. In software development it's
by mastazi 8y ago
> No possibility of making less money. I got older, and the Beast that needed to be fed got bigger and more demanding—never less.
In software development it's similar. I am now older, with a family, the days of "risking it all" in startups have long gone.
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- sizzzzlerz 8y agoAnd you can understand why startups practice age discrimination in their hiring policies. Why hire the guy or gal in their 30s who has a family life and won't be willing to put in 70 hour weeks regularly when we can hire some dude-bro in his 20s with no baggage who won't mind sleeping in his office as long as we feed him breakfast and energy drinks.