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eatstoothpicks OP t1_jb75ba8 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [OC] 2 Years Of Applications And Employment - It's Getting Weird Out There by eatstoothpicks

I don't think so. I'm middle-aged (not young, not old) and I've been applying to multiple levels of jobs for which I'm qualified (director, manager, lead, and IC/analyst). The last three jobs I've had have been manager and lead positions.

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Boonzies t1_jb77782 wrote

A quick reminder... In tech hubs you age out at 45. At 55 you're fucked for the most part.

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eatstoothpicks OP t1_jb77l95 wrote

Not there just yet. And I keep my online resumes to a short 10-years of experience. So without doing some background check on me before even contacting me, I'm not sure how they could know my age anyway.

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[deleted] t1_jb78akl wrote

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eatstoothpicks OP t1_jb78w9t wrote

Interesting.

Well, I keep my graduation date off of my profiles for just this reason.

And add to that I don't show up in Google very well at all. People could find my LinkedIn profile, not really nothing else.

I don't think it's an age thing.

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yarli t1_jb7qr4k wrote

>. In tech hubs you age out at 45. At 55 you're fucked for the most part.

Is this for IC Jobs or for any kind of job in the tech industry ( Managers / Leads etc)

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Boonzies t1_jb8075c wrote

Any engineering role; any product role; any PM PgM, PFM roles, basically anything where you touch/see/smell code.

Now sales jobs, biz dev jobs, account management jobs are open to slightly older. But not too old.

Finally, there are always exceptions to the rule.

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