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While there is a degree of ageism in the industry - avoid companies that advertise their ethos as "work hard and play hard" because having to do most of your of
by rikroots 6y ago
While there is a degree of ageism in the industry - avoid companies that advertise their ethos as "work hard and play hard" because having to do most of your office politics half-drunk in the bars after work is not much fun - there are also a lot of people in the industry who genuinely care more about a person's ability to learn and adapt than the date on a birth certificate. Believe in your abilities. Wishing you good health for the future!
- orionblastar 6y agoThank you, I learned 27 different languages since 1979, most are so old that there are no jobs for them anymore. I used to be a master at Visual BASIC until Dotnet came out. I can learn any language on the market if I wanted to. I am a quick learner as I have the theories of computer science in my head as I learn.
- cutemonster 6y agoWhat are your 4? favorite languages? (Among those 27 :-))
- orionblastar 6y agoBASIC, C, Ada, COBOL.
- cutemonster 6y agoOk. I like Ada a bit, we studied at University, incl for a hard real time simulation problem :-) Never did any COBOL Have a nice weekend tomorrow
- rikroots 6y agoMy first "paid" gig was winning £50 for submitting a game written in AMOS Basic to an Amiga computer magazine, which got picked as the magazine's "Game of the month". It's still an achievement I'm really proud about.