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With a Computer Science Degree, an Old Man At 35?
GrApHiX42 writes "I pissed away my 20s and now I want to go to school and get a bachelor's degree in computer science. The thing is, I'll be 35 when I get out of school, and I've read on numerous sites that there seems to be some ageism going on in the IT industry when it comes to older geeks. What have some of the 'older' Slashdot readers experienced as far as being replaced or just plain not getting hired because IT is a 'young man's game'?"
Tell them to get off of your grass.
Just based on the assumption that people become more agreeable as they age,
Errrr, what about me? I was a disagreeable cuss when I was twenty. By the time I was 40, I was unbearable. Today? I can't even stand to be in the same room with me!! All the same, age and treachery will always triumph over youth and naivete.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Just based on the assumption that people become more agreeable as they age
What about people like me who were disagreeable at twenty, unbearable at 40, and now even I can't stand to be in the same room with me?
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Of course, the younger generation is getting older. So it's getting more and more common to see older programmers
You'll know we've reached that significant threshold when you start seeing artificial hip technology advertised on ThinkGeek.
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My advice would be to piss away your thirties and consider the degree when you're 45.
Nullius in verba