Respect your elders ( a little a least)

11 points·Godfather667··7 comments

I always here companies need technical workers so badly they recruit overseas. I am a 67 year old programmer that has spent two years looking for a simple programming job. I have 35 years experience and almost no one will even interview me. I am not whining , just stating fact. If they need bodies so badly, why do the ignore experienced U.S. Born and Trained Professionals??

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eh i think older job seekers face the same problems as fresh ones - takes a lot of interviews, get passed over for not-valid reasons and so on.

probably leave your age off the resume, try to list only the last 10yr of work history, leave off anything that makes you look bad (say - graduating in 57 or something - guess IDK, you can leave education off or the year off entirely). the point of a resume is to get you an interview, if its not doing that its wrong.. gl!

I eventually found a job by starting as a Technical Writer, for which age does not seem to be such a barrier. I did a good job a several projects, and when a programming job became available last week, I was hired on a contract basis.

Now all I have to do is learn GO in couple weeks and be brilliant! -- :-))

Read the Go spec full through at least once. It's well written and short. Then look through all the official Go code to lean style and conventions.

http://golang.org/ref/spec

I just want to let you know that I admire you deeply. I hope to become like you at the age of 67, eager to learn the new kid on the block (e.g. Go today, who knows what we'll see in 35 years?!) :-)

^ What atmosx said! ^^

^ true -- cheers!

Props to you, Godfather667.

"It's not the age, it's the mileage." - From a bollywood film

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