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> "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." Thanks for introducing me to that quote! > You don't want what I have? Don't worr

by etripe 6y ago

> "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." Thanks for introducing me to that quote! > You don't want what I have? Don't worry; You won't get it. I won't waste any of our time, trying to convince you otherwise. I'm glad you're not letting it get you down. As long as there still are opportunities to be had, you'll be fine in the end.

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
> I'm glad you're not letting it get you down. As long as there still are opportunities to be had, you'll be fine in the end. Don't get me wrong. I did let it get me down for a while. It was really pathetic; crying, screaming, rolling on the floor, pounding my little fists on the table. That got me precisely nowhere, but I guess it was cathartic. I am pretty disgusted how ageism in employment is every bit as illegal as racism and sexism, but is actually ignored, if not outright encouraged. Companies run ads all the time, pretty much saying "Boomers need not apply," and no one bats an eyelid. I've learned that when a company gives a binary tree test, I might as well just pack up and go home. They just want to tick off an "interviewed old fart, and he didn't even know basic college stuff" checkbox for HR. Younger folks spend every day, practicing for these tests. I spend every day, writing ship software (and I mean every day -seven days a week, usually ten or more hours straight. My GH Activity Graph is solid green). But I really love designing and releasing software. I do this for love. I'm probably doing six figures' worth of coding for free, because I believe in what I'm doing, and I haven't written a social media app; which seems to be a modern rite of passage. I already wrote the backend, a couple of years ago[0]. I'm just writing a native frontend. I'm working with younger folks. I'm very, very good at helping folks with ideas, make them real. The classic pattern is for experienced and younger folks to work together, with younger people driving the energy and creativity, and the older folks providing the infrastructure and quality. That pattern has been turned on its head; probably because people are becoming CEOs before they reach 30. Once I accepted that no one wants to work with me, and that I won't end up destitute, it was OK for me to just work for free. [0] https://riftvalleysoftware.com/work/open-source-projects/#baobab https://riftvalleysoftware.com/work/open-source-projects/#ba...
- mixmastamyk 6y ago
  Boomers are retired now or soon to be, no? 1950 was 70 years ago. How about GenX? While we didn't invent computers, we grew up building them at home from kits and later Computer Shopper. Very few folks get that experience any longer, outside of connecting a USB device.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
    I'm 58, which is sort of "the last of the Boomers," maybe. I don't remember the year range. In any case, it doesn't really matter. I'm planning to croak face-down on my keyboard. The mortician is gonna have to rub "QWERTY" off my cheek. This was my first paid work: https://littlegreenviper.com/TF30194/TF30194-Manual-1987.pdf https://littlegreenviper.com/TF30194/TF30194-Manual-1987.pdf

by etripe 6y ago

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago

> I'm glad you're not letting it get you down. As long as there still are opportunities to be had, you'll be fine in the end. Don't get me wrong. I did let it get me down for a while. It was really pathetic; crying, screaming, rolling on the floor, pounding my little fists on the table. That got me precisely nowhere, but I guess it was cathartic. I am pretty disgusted how ageism in employment is every bit as illegal as racism and sexism, but is actually ignored, if not outright encouraged. Companies run ads all the time, pretty much saying "Boomers need not apply," and no one bats an eyelid. I've learned that when a company gives a binary tree test, I might as well just pack up and go home. They just want to tick off an "interviewed old fart, and he didn't even know basic college stuff" checkbox for HR. Younger folks spend every day, practicing for these tests. I spend every day, writing ship software (and I mean every day -seven days a week, usually ten or more hours straight. My GH Activity Graph is solid green). But I really love designing and releasing software. I do this for love. I'm probably doing six figures' worth of coding for free, because I believe in what I'm doing, and I haven't written a social media app; which seems to be a modern rite of passage. I already wrote the backend, a couple of years ago[0]. I'm just writing a native frontend. I'm working with younger folks. I'm very, very good at helping folks with ideas, make them real. The classic pattern is for experienced and younger folks to work together, with younger people driving the energy and creativity, and the older folks providing the infrastructure and quality. That pattern has been turned on its head; probably because people are becoming CEOs before they reach 30. Once I accepted that no one wants to work with me, and that I won't end up destitute, it was OK for me to just work for free. [0] https://riftvalleysoftware.com/work/open-source-projects/#baobab https://riftvalleysoftware.com/work/open-source-projects/#ba...

mixmastamyk 6y ago
Boomers are retired now or soon to be, no? 1950 was 70 years ago. How about GenX? While we didn't invent computers, we grew up building them at home from kits and later Computer Shopper. Very few folks get that experience any longer, outside of connecting a USB device.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
  I'm 58, which is sort of "the last of the Boomers," maybe. I don't remember the year range. In any case, it doesn't really matter. I'm planning to croak face-down on my keyboard. The mortician is gonna have to rub "QWERTY" off my cheek. This was my first paid work: https://littlegreenviper.com/TF30194/TF30194-Manual-1987.pdf https://littlegreenviper.com/TF30194/TF30194-Manual-1987.pdf