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Long term career prospects in technology
2017-01-26 05:38:42 Post No. 58658772
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Is it true software developers peak in their 20's and early 30's and are thrown overboard in favor of younger candidates, dooming them to a life of insecure employment and stagnation as their ability to learn deteriorates?
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>>58658772
Only if you're a stupid codemonkey. They want you young to pay you less.
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>>58658772
No. Young people just work for less, do not question if they sometimes have to work late and have no outside work obligations like family, all they have in home is Xbox.
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>>58658772
>not leading your own projects by mid-30s
The problem isn't your age in this case.
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No... when you hit 30 you just get fed up with having to learn the latest trendy language every two years in a desperate attempt to stay professionally competitive, so you stop.
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>>58658772
Yep.
> switched majors in undergrad
> took a couple years to work
> got a masters degree
> too old, you oldfag
> fuuuuuuuuuuu
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