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Already well into that age range and have no trouble finding jobs because I'm productive and continue to upgrade my skills. Those habits are rewarded, as oppose

• red-iron-pine 2y ago
  > Already well into that age range and have no trouble finding jobs because I'm productive and continue to upgrade my skills > I "It's not happening to me, so it's not happening" says the programmer type, who isn't carrying 25kg loads up stairs 10+ times a day
  • pc86 2y ago
    I may be a "programmer type" but I do know 25kg isn't a lot of weight to carry around. The article is specifically about tech workers in Amazon, so I think it's pretty clear from that and the rest of the context that I was discussing unions in relation to tech workers. I was disputing the claim that you a) it's hard to get a job in your 40s or 50s, and b) if it is hard, it's because of ageism and not something you did (or didn't do). And as others have pointed out, there is certainly a class of employee who is going to be chugging energy drinks and working 16h a day but if you're 40+ you're not competing with them.