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Isn't 70 y/o pretty old to retire by previous standards? The concern I have is if anywhere is actually going to hire a 65 y/o programmer that can't afford to r
by schnitzelstoat 5y ago
Isn't 70 y/o pretty old to retire by previous standards?
The concern I have is if anywhere is actually going to hire a 65 y/o programmer that can't afford to retire.
Obviously, age discrimination is illegal but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
- mslate 5y agoI referenced 70 because I checked & that's the age at which you withdraw max social security benefits. Looks like actual average in the US is ~64 y/o: https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IB_18-10.pdf https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IB_18-10.pdf I would worry more about age-ism, but I earnestly see very few "senior" candidates period (i.e. >35 y/o+) at all. It may speak to where I've worked, but I think it also speaks to how young the field still is. Once engineers hit their 30s I think the job-hopping rapidly slows down.