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In Technology and Math you are as good as dead when you go past 40. Well, almost. Edit: Losing 2-4 years out of 15 career years is quite meaningful.
by alecco 18y ago
In Technology and Math you are as good as dead when you go past 40. Well, almost.
Edit: Losing 2-4 years out of 15 career years is quite meaningful.
- banned_man 18y agoIn academia, or overall? I agree that this is true within academia. The maximum accepted age for a first-year graduate student is about 27; first postdoc, 32; tenure-track, 36. If you don't have tenure at 40, you're flushed. This does not seem to be true outside of academia. If you're good, your career does not take a dive in your 40s. However, the mediocre or uninterested programmers need to move into management before this, because management is more ageist than technology.
- alecco 18y ago> This does not seem to be true outside of academia It is just like that IMHE. > mediocre or uninterested programmers need to move into management before this There are only so many spots for managers and there's already a buch of people competing for those. It's not a solution for most people.