08-07-2016, 05:05 PM
waste of time I think
the problem is ageism -- which happens in IT quite often
the people doing the hiring just assume older people don't understand the latest technology or needs of the users
ask yourself these questions
do you have a twitter account ?
do you skype ?
do have have a smart phone ? how old is it ? do you know how to install apps ?
do you know what Pokemon Go is ?
how about Dropbox ?
do you know what "torrent" means ?
have you ever uses Amazon Fire TV Stick
what's Instagram ?
I've been doing programming for over 10 years and I'm out of touch with most of that stuff
if you're over 50 people will just assume you're out of touch -- in my case they'd be right
being over 50 with no experience would make it extremely difficult to get an IT job
the problem is ageism -- which happens in IT quite often
the people doing the hiring just assume older people don't understand the latest technology or needs of the users
ask yourself these questions
do you have a twitter account ?
do you skype ?
do have have a smart phone ? how old is it ? do you know how to install apps ?
do you know what Pokemon Go is ?
how about Dropbox ?
do you know what "torrent" means ?
have you ever uses Amazon Fire TV Stick
what's Instagram ?
I've been doing programming for over 10 years and I'm out of touch with most of that stuff
if you're over 50 people will just assume you're out of touch -- in my case they'd be right
being over 50 with no experience would make it extremely difficult to get an IT job
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