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Not that it's a contest, but I'm 63. :-) After a mostly entrepreneurial career--but always around software--I'm back to coding every day for a living. I love th
by scrozier 5y ago
Not that it's a contest, but I'm 63. :-) After a mostly entrepreneurial career--but always around software--I'm back to coding every day for a living. I love the sense of accomplishment--always have. Great advice here, to which I might add that getting comfortable as an independent contractor is very useful as well. For me, there are many philosophical reasons for that, but practical ones as well; the most mundane of which is simply that if you do lose a traditional employee job, you feel comfortable grabbing a contract job in the meantime.
- johnvega 5y agoHow would you compare your job search experience with "traditional employee job" versus "contract job" ?
- scrozier 5y agoGreat question. Generally easier to get a contract job, as the people hiring you tend to want your skills, and care less about things like "culture fit." Generally, I would say the contractor hiring process is more pragmatic. "Show me something you've done kind of like this...great, you're hired." Realizing that it's much easier to "undo" a mistake in hiring a contractor. "Don't come back tomorrow."