35 Over 35
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35 Over 35
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#2Love this. People like to think they can't do anything as they get older. That mental state will be a self fulfilling prophecy!
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#3Love this. People like to think they can't do anything as they get older. That mental state will be a self fulfilling prophecy!
seconded. thirded. this is great!
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#4reminds me of this quora question and excellent answers
What do people in Silicon Valley plan to do once they are over 35 since most will neither make it big nor move up the management chain of command?
https://www.quora.com/What-do-people-in-Silicon-Valley-plan-...
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#5A famous writer once said that no one should write a book before 40. So it's not a totally crazy idea.
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#6Love this. People like to think they can't do anything as they get older. That mental state will be a self fulfilling prophecy!
Exactly. I'm 45 and on my n-th startup attempt as a founder, after n-1 failures, where 5I'll see what lasts longer, me or my failures. :)
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#7Good article, it is obvious that as we get older we (statistically) have a lesser chance of success in winning an Olympic medal or out twitching the best FPS gamers - but for writing and IT work - age doesn't come into it.
What does come into it (and why this bias continues) is that perhaps a highly percent of older IT workers are behind the times or irrelevant - some people simply stop wanting to learn and grow.
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#8What a good list.
Most Australians would tell you if you asked them that you can achieve something extraordinary, or begin something new after the age of 35. But I think people are just trying to say the right thing. They know it's true in their heads, but I am not sure that their hearts know.
I am under the age of 25, so well under 35, and I am hoping to live out this advice, and spend my early years learning to learn, and constantly try out new stuff. But there are very few role models that I can look to in my life who have really kicked off their work at 30 or 35. I suspect this is true for a lot of people (regardless of age). Grandmothers getting degrees is still a quaint, publishable news-story.
I would love to hear from any people in the hacker news crowd that have changed careers 'late,' or intentionally spent their early years taking career/skill risks.
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#9Good article, it is obvious that as we get older we (statistically) have a lesser chance of success in winning an Olympic medal or out twitching the best FPS gamers - but for writing and IT work - age doesn't come into it. What does come into it (and why this bias continues) is that perhaps a highly percent of older IT workers are behind the times or irrelevant - some people simply stop wanting to learn and grow.
I think a bigger part of it is that older IT and developer types are less likely to live at the workplace and allow themselves to be taken advantage of.
They are more likely to have one of those pesky families that get in the way of absolute, total devotion to the company.
They might even be so "uncommitted" to the work that they go home by 6pm.
Re: 35 Over 35
#10Good article, it is obvious that as we get older we (statistically) have a lesser chance of success in winning an Olympic medal or out twitching the best FPS gamers - but for writing and IT work - age doesn't come into it. What does come into it (and why this bias continues) is that perhaps a highly percent of older IT workers are behind the times or irrelevant - some people simply stop wanting to learn and grow.
I think a bigger part of it is that older IT and developer types are less likely to live at the workplace and allow themselves to be taken advantage of. They are more likely to have one of those pesky families that get in the way of absolute, total devotion to the company. They might even be so "uncommitted" to the work that they go home by 6pm.
Also, when some of the "growth" comes from learning the new, but not actually better way of doing something, it's understandable that older workers might be less enthused than people who haven't been around the block a few times already.