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What places are you working where executives are 26 and 55 is too old? My experience is very very different.

Hearing experiences like these make me glad I never got a job at a startup or smaller “tech” company.




That's the thing: I'm not working there, because they'd never hire me.

In my (limited) experience (about five years ago), the recruiters were always engaging, helpful and friendly. However, as soon as one technical person (usually young) got involved, the temperature dropped about thirty degrees.

I may not be God's gift to programming, but I'm not that bad. I do, for example, have over thirty years' experience shipping extremely high-Quality products, in very challenging environments. In many fields, that usually commands a tiny bit of respect.




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