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I'm 75 and I am a software developer. Keep calm and soldier on.
by leed25d 5y ago
I'm 75 and I am a software developer. Keep calm and soldier on.
- complexworld 5y agoI'm 60, and also a software developer. Are you still working full time as an employee?
- leed25d 5y agoYes I am working full time.
- b20000 5y agois this in the US, europe or somewhere else, and may I ask how you found your gigs the past 15 years or so?
- jowdones 5y agoI'm 115 and still working as a programmer, things haven't changed so much since the 30s anyway, we were serverless back then as well, primarily coze we had neither servers nor computers.
- konfusinomicon 5y agoback to monoliths now too I presume
- leed25d 5y agoI live in California. California is ostensibly part of the US. I'll say this: headhunters are worthless after you turn 50. What works is jobs lists (like right here on HN), Craigslist and word of mouth.
- pedalpete 5y agoWhat do you think has been most helpful in keeping you in the field for so long, and how long have you been a developer for? Did you come at it later in life? Do you have a strategy for continuous learning? or any other advice?
- brian_cunnie 5y agoI'm 57 and still a software developer. I _think_ I can retire, but I like software, and I like working with people. And lying on the beach bores me after a day.