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How Old is Too Old?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-40-really-the-new-30 dept.

NewtonEatPalm! asks: "I started college back when I was too young to carefully weigh options about my future. I entered a prominent art school at age 17, coasted through, and was spit out at age 22 with a film degree that I don't really want nor do I feel qualified to use as the basis for a career. Three years on, I'm still working at my mundane college job, though one thing has never changed in all this time- my love of and devotion to technology, keeping up with hardware news and the intricacies of powerful software through daily reading of sites like Slashdot and lots of home-brew system building and amateur web development. I've decided that I'd like to pursue a second degree in Software Engineering at one of the major Cal State U's, but that would place me in the tech job market at nearly 30. My question is, how old is too old? Are severe changes in career direction in this sector commonplace/successful? Or have I truly already let my best chance for entry pass me by?"

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  1. Sure, remind me of my birthday... by Psykechan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just turned 33 today. Way to remind me that I am old. :P

    1. Re:Sure, remind me of my birthday... by vistic · · Score: 4, Funny

      happy birthday...

      what?

      oh... i said... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OLD MAN!!!

      did you hear me THAT time??

      sometimes i forget to speak into the horn. :-)

  2. Re:Thinking Experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And yet some of the best work has been produced by men and women well past 30.

    Indeed. Pamela Anderson was thirty-five years old when she highlighted Playboy's Sexy 100 special issue, back in 2003.

  3. Verily by iridium_ionizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I just turned 33 today. Way to remind me that I am old. :P"

    Jesus died when he was 33... I'm just saying.

  4. Re:Thinking Experience by fbjon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..and millions of neurons and organs around the world hardened and matured.

    --
    True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
  5. Re:You want advice? by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Carpe Momento

    Yeah, I had those at my Jewish grandmother's house all the time, although she changed the word so we wouldn't know we were just eating carp.

    Guy at the tackle shop looked at me funny when I asked what sort of lure I needed for gelfilte fish too. Damn Bubby.

    KFG