Is he willing to move to San Francisco? Flightcar needs a fullstack Django dev.
Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
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Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#12Is he willing to move to San Francisco? Flightcar needs a fullstack Django dev.
Hell yeah, he would actually love to live in another country :)
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#13BTW I forgot to add it on the post, but this is his LinkedIn profile just in case https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=75046358
Maybe include his github/bitbucket profile instead of linked in.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#14I'm not convinced that 56 is that old for companies, especially large ones. I'm not sure this is anything more than the current financial problems that Spain is experiencing. There is 25% unemployment and many banks have purportedly been teetering on collapse. There simply may not be jobs available for him in Spain, unfortunately.
His best bet is to move around in the EU, and go to a country that is willing to hire him. Place like UK, France are likely doing better than Spain is, and will probably have more jobs.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#15I'm not convinced that 56 is that old for companies, especially large ones. I'm not sure this is anything more than the current financial problems that Spain is experiencing. There is 25% unemployment and many banks have purportedly been teetering on collapse. There simply may not be jobs available for him in Spain, unfortunately. His best bet is to move around in the EU, and go to a country that is willing to hire h…
Totally agree, the thing with countries like France is the language barrier. But he is fluent with English, so I may tell him to apply for UK jobs as well. Thanks!
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#16Has he looked into finance? The UK banking scene is predominately in his age group (not that it matters). I'm 24 and worked in a team of people ranging from 30-60 i suppose. Also the sector is moving towards noSQL so it could be a good fit
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#17Where in Spain? The author of the Typus gem (a Ruby admin tool) lives in / freelances from Barcelona. Your dad may want to reach out to him for tips or advice.
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#18Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#19Has he looked into finance? The UK banking scene is predominately in his age group (not that it matters). I'm 24 and worked in a team of people ranging from 30-60 i suppose. Also the sector is moving towards noSQL so it could be a good fit
No, he has not! Didn't know about that, but I'll tell him to definitely look into UK banks and apply. It might be a great match as he knows all the old tech banks are based upon but also the new stuff they could use to make their systems better. Thanks for the insight :)
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#20Unfortunately if he can't get a job that pays what he's asking for based on experience, he'll need to lower his rate. Outside of getting into a more "senior" orientated industry as joshcrowder has suggested, banking, finance, etc.
However Xerox itself is a very senior-orientated company, at least here in New Zealand. Has he reached out to his network to see if there are any positions going where he'll get a palm greased?