Hacker News Reader

Comment by jacksonkmarley | Hacker News Reader

So do you make a living from your current company, or are you living off past income/superannuation etc.?

Basically, the latter, but I'd like to get back to making money. It just hasn't been an option.

I'm not kidding. The door was slammed on me, quite hard (I think part of it was because I live in New York. New York's ageism problem is much worse than Silicon Valley's). I'm very fortunate, in being able to work on my own. I can't imagine what it must be like for the folks that don't have that option.

In the immortal words of 'nostromo, which I still have printed on a t-shirt:

No job is the goal. No money is the problem.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8987008

That's a keeper!

Thanks!

I love it. I think I'll print it out on a big banner above my home office.

I wake up every day dreaming of retirement: when I will be free to do (or not do) my best work.

That does suck. I guess there are different approaches you could take to work around it, e.g. spamming more companies or filtering out certain types of company, what kind of numbers did you put in? Do you think an early, unpleasant rejection could have discouraged you prematurely?

I did write a big whiny rant, but deleted it. I don't think it adds to the conversation.

Let's just say that I can't work in today's industry, and maintain my personal sense of Integrity.

It's not them; it's me. My choice.

Actually I read it before you deleted it haha.

Curious if you think some sort of independent contractor style would work in your situation? I'm not experienced in that type of workstyle, but it seems like companies with less long term investment in training, benefits etc would care less about age, as long as you deliver.

That was the company that dissed me. They want young, fresh-faced contractors.

I can hang my own shingle, but I don't have a network.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com