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I'm curious, in regard to going back to school, are you pursuing a second (or first) Bachelors in CS or a Masters?
I'm curious, in regard to going back to school, are you pursuing a second (or first) Bachelors in CS or a Masters?
First; I never finished a degree after High School. I got married instead and left school for the world of blue collar employment, which worked well enough for me for a long time, but now I find myself craving a career where I'm intellectually challenged.
I'm curious, in regard to going back to school, are you pursuing a second (or first) Bachelors in CS or a Masters?
First; I never finished a degree after High School. I got married instead and left school for the world of blue collar employment, which worked well enough for me for a long time, but now I find myself craving a career where I'm intellectually challenged.
You will experience ageism, so plan on cutting your own path in either consulting, freelance development, or founding your own company. Build your network - that is where you will expand your opportunities.
Don't let anyone ever tell you that you can't have a productive software development career at any age.
If that is bugging you, try choosing places where your managers will be older than you. problem solved.
Did you perhaps mean go to places where the manager is a good learner?
I suggest stuff like Cryptography, Machine Learning, blockchain technologies, networking, low level hardware programming stuff. That is what i think guys in 30's should be good for, the hard things all the kids run away from.
Things like web development are nowadays too crowded with young talent that, even if you get employed. you will feel weird. around teens and young adults.
As far as I have seen, as long as the HR thinks you have been on somebody elses payroll because of your programming for some time, they will gladly hire you.
Or you might go the 'Double your consulting rates' way, often proselytized by patio11 in HN comments :)