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I'm sure your dad's experience warrants a premium over others but anybody asking 5x what other devs make are going to have difficulty finding a job unless they have exceptional reputation, contacts and some luck.
Where 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. https://github.com/fesplugas
>"they can actually hire five young developers for the price of one senior dev" I'm sure your dad's experience warrants a premium over others but anybody asking 5x what other devs make are going to have difficulty finding a job unless they have exceptional reputation, contacts and some luck.
BTW 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
Software Architect & Developer
Madrid Area, SpainInformation Technology and Services
Current Proyecto Asturix, Asturlibre
Previous MeetPays, Yestilo, UPTA España
Education 10Gen
General situation in Spain is quite shitty and age / gender discrimination is unfortunately still rampant here. My advice would be to keep his eyes open but definitely look for options in UK / Germany.
Unfortunately 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 grea…
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>"they can actually hire five young developers for the price of one senior dev" I'm sure your dad's experience warrants a premium over others but anybody asking 5x what other devs make are going to have difficulty finding a job unless they have exceptional reputation, contacts and some luck.
Well, the thing is not that he wants a premium salary, he actually is below market price, the problem is that there is too many people willing to work almost for free
>"they can actually hire five young developers for the price of one senior dev" I'm sure your dad's experience warrants a premium over others but anybody asking 5x what other devs make are going to have difficulty finding a job unless they have exceptional reputation, contacts and some luck.
Well, the thing is not that he wants a premium salary, he actually is below market price, the problem is that there is too many people willing to work almost for free
This would also mean that the problem is not specific to his age but to the whole market for devs in your area.