Is it Possible to Age Yourself Out of a Job?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @07:01PM from the does-worthwhile-experience-mean-nothing? dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "I'm a programmer with more than twelve years of experience. In all that time, I've never been a 'senior' developer. I'm competent and I work hard, but I don't think I am quite a senior developer in terms of technical or people skills. More and more I feel that I'm aging myself out a job. By this time, employers expect someone with my experience to have advanced some, and they may not be willing to even talk to me now, thinking that my pay requirements have grown while I have not. Even if I did get hired someplace new, my peers would likely be much younger than me. What do you do when you have an applicant like that? Are my fears legitimate?"

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Re:Their reason for hiring someone younger might n by Threni · 2007-01-17 19:52 · Score: 0, Flamebait

> Something about that is not right in my book.

Life's not fair - deal with it. Each profession has pros and cons. Quit whining and start learning something new. It's nothing to do with unions, and I've never found it abusive. At least, I don't take any crap. You need to try working in a few places until you find something you like - perhaps contracting.