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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. 35 is too old by Punto · · Score: 0, Troll

    35 is too old to be asking for a job. Whatever you do, don't worry about who will hire you, star worrying about who will YOU hire, because that's what you're supposed to be at 35. What kind of qualifications do they have?

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