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Is there context here I'm missing? The screen shot with the legal fee leads me to believe so, but I can't sort it.
Who would hire a 45 year old programmer? Certainly good as dead. Have fun at the laundry.
That's... age discrimination.
This is illegal in California.
He could get hire if he can past interviews or have notable projects.
I've come across his blog multiple times when I started with emacs and he seems like a cool guy(anyone that can spoon raw oatmeal into his mouth like it's the greatest thing ever is cool by my book). It's great he's asking for help instead of showing up on the front page as another dead hacker.
I simply can't resist it, but alas, see what will happen to you if you code in emacs! On the serious note though, he did admit he enjoys procrastinating. Why would I help someone who never had and still does not have any motivation?
If you "simply cant resist" making a joke when another human is in the midst of a terrible situation you are a horrible person.
So you claim to be a decent programmer, but haven't been working a traditional job in years because why? You claim to be smart but don't know the value of maintaining a basic financial safety net. It won't be hard to bail you out, but this should not be happening in the first place. Let it be a lesson to others. Or is this just a fake?
There's no point criticizing him, it's obvious nobody would hire him until he "pulls himself out of the hole". But if you live near him and have some spare time / expertise / willingness to help, be a decent human being and help him get to someone that could help or hire him.
Most of are are not as "autonomous" as we think we are, and in unfavorable circumstances, we can all fall off the tracks. And get over the "but don't know the value of maintaining a basic financial safety net"... it's obvious that he already lost the "social safety net" of friends that could have told him this and probably a "psychological balance safety net" too, so it's a bit too late to be any point in telling him this...
Accomplishment highlights:
* Autodidact. High school dropout. No degree.
If the first paragraph of your resume calls attention to the fact that you didn't even graduate high school, it sets a bad tone for the rest. Many people will throw your resume away without reading further.
Who would hire a 45 year old programmer? Certainly good as dead. Have fun at the laundry.
So you claim to be a decent programmer, but haven't been working a traditional job in years because why? You claim to be smart but don't know the value of maintaining a basic financial safety net. It won't be hard to bail you out, but this should not be happening in the first place. Let it be a lesson to others. Or is this just a fake?
Is there context here I'm missing? The screen shot with the legal fee leads me to believe so, but I can't sort it.
Lee is a noted Internet crank, very sure he's completely brilliant and everyone else is a moron. I remember his flaming about the quality of the Python documentation, e.g. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-April/310...
Who would hire a 45 year old programmer? Certainly good as dead. Have fun at the laundry.