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Not really a problem for me but that's because I had the foresight to realize this is the way things are going and that it's time to get into my own thing and s

Not really a problem for me but that's because I had the foresight to realize this is the way things are going and that it's time to get into my own thing and start my own companies if I am going to survive. The thing that was the writing on the wall for me ages ago was seeing older programmers with plenty of talent finding it hard to get work in their field, like the ageism thing, if you're past 35 or so and still just doing the labour thing and not in a management position people tend to give you the side eye in this industry... So yeah if nobody is going to promote you to that you gotta promote yourself and start a company, that has been clear to me for at least 5 years since I did that. It's kind of weird seeing people complain as if this is a race subject though. I think the discrimination may be there for that but it's beyond it too and has been for a LONG time now.

vbi8iBEX 2y ago
I'm seeing stats that show very few jobs have gone to white people as of late, and many people online are stating its an issue, but I personally have not felt as though being white is the issue for me. I am trying to get a read on other people's experiences with ageism, racism and sexism. I have experienced being replaced by foreigners who were cheaper, but I doubt being white was the issue. How did you get your company off the ground?
- jamal-kumar 2y ago
  Focusing on small-medium businesses and individuals who normally don't have alot of knowledge or access to people who do information technology as our leads has been our bread and butter - you want to be looking at local companies like art galleries, schools, non-profits, places that are running legacy systems that need to be upgraded, stuff like that are just everywhere and the thing is they know they need work done and they just haven't gotten around to hiring someone to do it. The big thing is lead generation and you can just do that on google maps, and showing up friendly asking if they need help. We don't really try to be big or anything, but we're happy with solid income in something we simply enjoy doing. We just landed a client that's been linking us up with doing red team work for larger international companies, which has been a fun change from the development work I've been mostly doing - all it took was all of us here just running through a bunch of tryhackme and hackthebox to make sure we are on the same page, and then just getting linked up through people we know from going to defcon, so this has been a really exciting and fun pivot which definitely pays more than the other stuff! https://31337itsolutions.com https://31337itsolutions.com if you're curious. Everything else we do is related to ecommerce and that's always good $$$ as well. Feel free to steal my idea for your own locale if you're looking for work, it didn't really cost much to start this.
  - vbi8iBEX 2y ago
    Now this is some good advice.
    - jamal-kumar 2y ago
      All you need is talented friends, a professional looking website, an email solution of some kind, and maybe a small investment in some collaborative software too. It was like a week of effort tops to do all that and I haven't had to mess with it much since that effort, it's basically just there to keep up professional appearances and host blogs and code whenever we decided to do some writeups on our work.

vbi8iBEX 2y ago

I'm seeing stats that show very few jobs have gone to white people as of late, and many people online are stating its an issue, but I personally have not felt as though being white is the issue for me. I am trying to get a read on other people's experiences with ageism, racism and sexism. I have experienced being replaced by foreigners who were cheaper, but I doubt being white was the issue. How did you get your company off the ground?

jamal-kumar 2y ago
Focusing on small-medium businesses and individuals who normally don't have alot of knowledge or access to people who do information technology as our leads has been our bread and butter - you want to be looking at local companies like art galleries, schools, non-profits, places that are running legacy systems that need to be upgraded, stuff like that are just everywhere and the thing is they know they need work done and they just haven't gotten around to hiring someone to do it. The big thing is lead generation and you can just do that on google maps, and showing up friendly asking if they need help. We don't really try to be big or anything, but we're happy with solid income in something we simply enjoy doing. We just landed a client that's been linking us up with doing red team work for larger international companies, which has been a fun change from the development work I've been mostly doing - all it took was all of us here just running through a bunch of tryhackme and hackthebox to make sure we are on the same page, and then just getting linked up through people we know from going to defcon, so this has been a really exciting and fun pivot which definitely pays more than the other stuff! https://31337itsolutions.com https://31337itsolutions.com if you're curious. Everything else we do is related to ecommerce and that's always good $$$ as well. Feel free to steal my idea for your own locale if you're looking for work, it didn't really cost much to start this.
- vbi8iBEX 2y ago
  Now this is some good advice.
  - jamal-kumar 2y ago
    All you need is talented friends, a professional looking website, an email solution of some kind, and maybe a small investment in some collaborative software too. It was like a week of effort tops to do all that and I haven't had to mess with it much since that effort, it's basically just there to keep up professional appearances and host blogs and code whenever we decided to do some writeups on our work.