There are a few conferences coming up in Barcelona, he could go to network? http://www.papis.io/ http://velocityconf.com/eu
Yeah, he usually goes to startup and software events in Madrid, but he should probably do it even more. Thanks!
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
#32I'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!
Tell him to learn another language. He is a developer after all. :)
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#33Remote work online is absolutely going to be his best bet, and it will pay better. Check out: https://weworkremotely.com/ http://hnhiring.com/ (search for "remote") http://remotenation.co/blog/top-5-sites-for-finding-a-remote...
That's really awesome, just showed it to him. He will try his best there, thanks a lot!
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#34Is he willing to move to San Francisco? Flightcar needs a fullstack Django dev.
Should he reach you out or something?
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#35Remote work online is absolutely going to be his best bet, and it will pay better. Check out: https://weworkremotely.com/ http://hnhiring.com/ (search for "remote") http://remotenation.co/blog/top-5-sites-for-finding-a-remote...
Ditto here. I was going to post the same thing. We Work Remotely is where its at. Also hit up ODesk and post on there for side work until full time work comes to play.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#36I'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!
Berlin may be worth considering as well. Opportunities for developers in Berlin are comparatively plentiful, and while it would be nice to know German if you live there, many tech companies in Berlin use English as the official language because employees come from so many places around the EU and the world.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#37Drop me a line at my username @gmail.com if he would consider working for a startup based on SF but with its engineering team based on Guadalajara, México. We mostly do django, flask and angularjs and are not worried on getting someone with his experience on our team.
Cool, he just mailed you :)
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
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!
Berlin may be worth considering as well. Opportunities for developers in Berlin are comparatively plentiful, and while it would be nice to know German if you live there, many tech companies in Berlin use English as the official language because employees come from so many places around the EU and the world.
That's good to know, weren't aware of that
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#39Here is a very meta solution, but it has to be considered. The problem of unemployment in Europe is directly linked to the European Union Treaty and the Euro ( google for TARGET2, ver por ejemplo http://tinyurl.com/salida-euro ). Entoncez, deberia promover la aplicación del artículo 50 del Tratado de la Unión Europea para salir del EU y resolver nuestros problemas.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#40I may be able to help. As a fellow Southern European (living in California), I make it a point to try to help people from that region with employment where I can.
I employ people (fully remotely) all over the world, and I help several other companies do the same (I assume basic professional/IT English). I'm not actively hiring right now, but I know a few companies who are.
My email is in my profile. Best of luck regardless.