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Comment by ccleve | Hacker News Reader

Don't even get to the interview stage. My tech skills never got assessed.

Same with me. I'm to the point that I'm going to create an alternate resume that only lists experience of less than 8 years, instead of 30+, and use a very old photo of myself on socials.

I'm only 38 and I already do that (my first job as a developer was at age 18).

Yeah, I truncated the experience section and for education I removed the years of attendance.

8 years would only be 40% of my current job tenure.

Same here. I've sometimes wondered if getting a newly minted college degree would work to bypass the age filter.

Damn. I have no great experience and can get interviews in a day or two.

And everyone I talk to complains about no experienced tech people.

How do you get interviews in a day or two with no great experience??? These days, I just feel lucky to get an email rejection back at all

I mean I don’t have brand companies. I worked for the government and a quasi tech startup.

Not sure how I can get calls so quickly, but they aren’t FAANG level interviews either. Small startups and desperate corporates mostly.

That's because what they really want is a 20-something that has 10 years (or more) of experience.

I’ve had recruiters basically ask me for exactly that.

I had twenty years of experience at the time, and they wanted someone who was exactly like me with all my skill and knowledge, but ten years younger.

I never responded to them, but they have been the butt of many jokes since.

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