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what happens to 'older' developers?

[WHAT]

1. ] A recent post on hn about what happens to older developers caught me eye and garnered a fair bit of attention(front page)
1. ] by:JeffJenkins comments:(357+) points: 511
2. ] Jeff  asks what happens to programmers (in the workplace) when they get older, or more specifically ...
1. ] Is there a plateau in pay?
2. ] Is there a drop in pay switching jobs after a certain number of years experience because places are looking for 5+ instead of 20+?
3. ] Are older devs not looking for new jobs because they have families and want more stability/are focussed elsewhere?
4. ] Is becoming a specialist rather than a generalist the answer?
5. ] what are you doing at your job?
6. ] What are the older people in your workplace doing?
3. ] A few days later a RESPONSE POST: to what happens to older developers appeared
1. ] by:dsirijus comments:(376+), points:334
2. ] another post, by a self proclaimed 'old coder', that responds in some detail to the questions asked by the OP
4. ] the 2nd post is from an older developer, who is struggling with multiple issues
1. ] transient - 
2. ] personal issues -
3. ] medical issues - 
5. ] he seems to have some fairly extensive experience
1. ] OS created/maintains his own linux distro geared towards CLI engineers, selected, patched, built, integrated, and learned about 1,800 packages
6. ] he has a great education
1. ] double major @berkely in /math and /cs 
7. ] the COMMENTORS on hn - provide lots of advice on ...
1. ] re - doing his resume,
1. ] what to include,
2. ] what not to include ( reason for leaving )
2. ] cleaning up his online presence
1. ] remove your potentially 'negative' personal identity issues
3. ] promote the "generification" of his persona
1. ] dont take about your personal issues
2. ] dont blog on a site like "christfollower.com" b/c it makes religous implications
3. ] dont brand yourself as 'old coder'
4. ] and point out his personal issues
8. ] one of the first commentors asks "what is wrong with SV when someone with this much experience, has no work
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9. ] the OP's followup post on his blog
1. ] how i got 32k uniques  - makes me somewhat question what his personal motives are, is he seeking employment, is he just looking to drive traffic to his blog,

[WHY]

1. ] som

[WHERE]

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[WHEN]

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[EXAMPLE]

1. ] older coder
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[HOW-TO]

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[REFERENCE]

1. ] # # - CREATE-article# # (this)

[RELATED]

1. IN /careers/interview
1. ] # # - my sv job search
2. ] # # - interview at google
3. ]
2. /programmers - hirig
1. ] # 2610 - the non programming programmer -
3. / +++
1. ] get that job at google
2. ] so you want to write js for a living

 

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NAME: SUMMARY-what-happens-to-older-developers

DESCRIPTION: ] by hn u/JeffJenkins - asks several questions about what happens to developers later in their careers, followed up by a RESPONSE post by an "older developer" who is struggling with several issues and the communities suggestions for addressing them

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