I'm 50, can I find a computer job? Some Elixir for getting Agile or Lean?

#1

Post by nottoday88 » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 3:13 PM UTC

One thing I can say in my favour is that I'm a deep thinker, I try to understand and grok what is needed. What kind of computer related job would benefit from a deep thinker?,

How could I sell or promote this ability?

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#2

Post by nottoday88 » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 3:48 PM UTC

To be brutally honest, waiting for feedback stole my needed snap for deep thinking.

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#3

Post by eecks » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 6:35 PM UTC

I would say that all programming requires deep thinking. Do you know how to program? If not why not?

If you don't want to program you could try become a business analyst. They also require deep thinking about the business, it's needs, it's data and it's systems.

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#4

Post by dc17 » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 6:52 PM UTC

Thinker with an experience and knowledge in particular domain may be a very valuable employee as a visionary. Sorry, maybe it sounds very tough, but probably you haven't any chance to find a computer job at that age if you never worked in that industry before. And anyway good luck in your journey!

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#5

Post by nottoday88 » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 7:53 PM UTC

dc17 wrote: post #4

Thinker with an experience and knowledge in particular domain may be a very valuable employee as a visionary. Sorry, maybe it sounds very tough, but probably you haven't any chance to find a computer job at that age if you never worked in that industry before. And anyway good luck in your journey!

Thanks a lot for your opinion. I see that you recommended the book https://www.amazon.com/Unlimited-Power-Science-Personal-Achi... , I will try to read it.

Good luck with your FB-messenger app.

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#6

Post by acangiano » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 7:55 PM UTC

Depending on your background, you could get into Data Science.

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#7

Post by nottoday88 » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 8:09 PM UTC

eecks wrote: post #3

I would say that all programming requires deep thinking. Do you know how to program? If not why not? If you don't want to program you could try become a business analyst. They also require deep thinking about the business, it's needs, it's data and it's systems.

Thank for your opinion, just out of curiosity I was reading about the 28 questions you have posted on HN to try to guess what kind of job you do. The questions are so general that I can only imagine someone trying to learn but not specialized in anything.

I can program in many languages and I have a steady job (math associated professor with tenure in Spain).

Sometimes I think I could try to use my computer skills to create something valuable. Perhaps something related to machine learning.

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#8

Post by nottoday88 » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 8:41 PM UTC

acangiano wrote: post #6

Depending on your background, you could get into Data Science.

Recently I was reading your programmingzen blog, I think that elixir can be a good replacement for ruby and rails.

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#9

Post by acangiano » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 8:55 PM UTC

nottoday88 wrote: post #8

acangiano wrote: post #6

Depending on your background, you could get into Data Science.

Recently I was reading your programmingzen blog, I think that elixir can be a good replacement for ruby and rails.

Thank you for reading it. Feel free to email me with questions as you go through the process of moving into a career in computing.

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#10

Post by tomcam » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 10:12 PM UTC

nottoday88 wrote: post #2

To be brutally honest, waiting for feedback stole my needed snap for deep thinking.

To be brutally honest, you may have illustrated your own problem. I'm in my mid 50s and have always, always studied hard for my next job. I strongly suggest you either work diligently on someone else's project on GitHub or you create and publish something important to you, even if you might not get paid for it. The simple fact is, we old guys are like women or blacks--we have to be better than the average candidate to get the same consideration. Not a nice situation, but it's always been true. I have known this for 30 years and have been preparing ever since.