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It’s not about age (nearing 67 here, so I bristle at such mentions). Probably even the youngest members of Congress wouldn‘t have a clue about some of these ite

It’s not about age (nearing 67 here, so I bristle at such mentions). Probably even the youngest members of Congress wouldn‘t have a clue about some of these items. It comes down to things like what their staff knows and what they’ve actually experienced themselves. One doesn’t generally reach public office and/or the staff of an office-holder through a path even remotely like what a typical HN commenter has followed.

greyhair 4y ago
The ageism in the reply makes me bristle as well. A little past 65 here. Currently employed at my third startup gig in my thirty eight year embedded systems career. Ignorance spans all age levels.
- Stratoscope 4y ago
  70 here, and working on an automated order taker for restaurant drive-thrus. My role is part Developer Experience Engineer (making sure our developers are happy and productive), part Roving Troubleshooter, and part whatever else needs to get done. One of our most important metrics is obviously how many orders we complete on our own without crew intervention. So I spend a lot of time looking at our chat logs from the stores to figure out why we had to escalate to the crew - or why they decided to take over the order. "Welcome to McDonald's. What can I get for you?" The running joke on our team as that most of us don't eat at McDonald's that often. But there is one sandwich I really like, you just have to customize it a bit. "I'd like a fish filet, no cheese, with lettuce and pickles" They use real fish in this, wild caught Alaskan pollock. "Got it. Anything else?" "A guava pie and that's it." The guava cream cheese pie is really nice. A friend suggested we try it, and I was skeptical. But I would order it again any time. Not overly sweetened like I feared, and good flavor. Disclosure: I work for IBM on this and currently our exclusive customer is McDonald's. (And it should be obvious that I don't get paid extra when you order one of my recommendations.)
  - jamiek88 4y ago
    As a 45 year old trying to break into the industry this gives me hope!

greyhair 4y ago

The ageism in the reply makes me bristle as well. A little past 65 here. Currently employed at my third startup gig in my thirty eight year embedded systems career. Ignorance spans all age levels.

Stratoscope 4y ago
70 here, and working on an automated order taker for restaurant drive-thrus. My role is part Developer Experience Engineer (making sure our developers are happy and productive), part Roving Troubleshooter, and part whatever else needs to get done. One of our most important metrics is obviously how many orders we complete on our own without crew intervention. So I spend a lot of time looking at our chat logs from the stores to figure out why we had to escalate to the crew - or why they decided to take over the order. "Welcome to McDonald's. What can I get for you?" The running joke on our team as that most of us don't eat at McDonald's that often. But there is one sandwich I really like, you just have to customize it a bit. "I'd like a fish filet, no cheese, with lettuce and pickles" They use real fish in this, wild caught Alaskan pollock. "Got it. Anything else?" "A guava pie and that's it." The guava cream cheese pie is really nice. A friend suggested we try it, and I was skeptical. But I would order it again any time. Not overly sweetened like I feared, and good flavor. Disclosure: I work for IBM on this and currently our exclusive customer is McDonald's. (And it should be obvious that I don't get paid extra when you order one of my recommendations.)
- jamiek88 4y ago
  As a 45 year old trying to break into the industry this gives me hope!