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With a Computer Science Degree, an Old Man At 35?

Posted by timothy on from the logan's-run-time dept.

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'?"

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  1. Re:Yes, go for it. by Runaway1956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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