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The point isn’t that techies over 40 can’t do good work or keep current or invent the future, it’s that they can’t get a job. As someone a few years north of 4
by willvarfar 5y ago
The point isn’t that techies over 40 can’t do good work or keep current or invent the future, it’s that they can’t get a job.
As someone a few years north of 40 and recently went looking for a new job, I can identify with much of the article. Although for me, in the market I’m in, I kinda felt the pay for a ‘senior dev’ didn’t really cut it either. The whole pay structure is for younger folks and veterans have a hard job finding work.
- aweiland 5y agoI'm in the same boat. Also "senior dev" doesn't mean what it meant 10 years ago. I just had a really quick chat last night with a engineering lead. The position was a "senior dev" with 5-8 years experience in multiple things. Usually those are taken is minimums. They were actually maximums. He was surprised I made it past the initial recruiter screen having 20+ years experience. We thanked each other for our time and said so long after just a couple of minutes. SV has sort of broken the job search, especially for more senior people. It's not just JR/SR anymore, it's some weird mashup of: Staff, Sr Staff, Principal, Level 3-5, Distinguished... Every company out there is pretending they are a FAANG when hiring, asking for 4-6 hours of your time. I'm working full time with 2 young kids. It's a nightmare.
- stooliepidgin 5y agoOne has to adapt to the biases and reality for survival. Lie about your age if it ever comes up. Lie downward about your experience too. Fuck their discriminatory bullshit.
- hansel_der 5y agoi know a career-agent from a job-center that told me the same thing after he had witnessed many qualified and experienced engineers beeing rejected because of age- or buzzword-based discrimination.