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> The sad reality is that if you’re over 50 you need to be applying to positions that are “age appropriate” This is BS advice - the appropriate position is one
by bluedevil2k 4y ago
> The sad reality is that if you’re over 50 you need to be applying to positions that are “age appropriate”
This is BS advice - the appropriate position is one that you like and you have the skills for. I mean, rephrase that and you can see just how discriminatory it is - “women should apply to gender appropriate positions, not programmers”. You see how terrible that sounds.
- bombcar 4y agoIt’s a statement of how it is, not how it should be. Once you’re outside of expectations you get a much harder row to hoe. Which can be somewhat countered by having a solid network by that time rolls around.