If he's open to remote contract work, I'm always hiring freelance developers (knowledge of Python & JavaScript).
morgante@cafe.com
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
#82We, Lifesum, are located in Stockholm and are looking all over the place for a senior backend engineer that can work with Python / Django! Please have him take a look at:
http://jobs.lifesum.com/jobs/1103-senior-platform-backend-py... and see if it's a good fit.
Feel free to contact me (info in profile) regarding any questions. :)
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#83Drop 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.
Any chance I can shoot you an email too? I'm currently living in Guadalajara and looking for a new gig.
> I'm currently living in Guadalajara and looking for a new gig.
Drop me an email; we're hiring.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#84Drop 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.
Any chance I can shoot you an email too? I'm currently living in Guadalajara and looking for a new gig.
We are hiring too (GDL). My username @gmail.com
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#85This is crazy. Were I hiring, I'd kill to have someone that experienced and with likely far fewer "life liabilities" (I'm doubting he's going to start having babies or go absolutely insane over some girl he can't get out of his mind... or disappear playing video games for two weeks straight) Have him keep at it. Someone will appreciate what he's got.
Yeah, but most companies don't want to pay for someone with that sort of experience. I think most people think of developers/IT staff largely as 'resources'.
There's generally no career path for a developer that involves still doing a lot of development.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#86"Spain" seems like the magic phrase here. Unemployment in Spain is 24.5% right now.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
Meanwhile unemployment in the UK is 6.2% right now.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
I suggest looking for a job in London. A lot of tech companies are hiring there.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#87https://www.liferay.com/careers
cheers from Recife.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#88I don't know if his will help: I am 63, and I realize that I might not be as effective as I once was. What I do is offer a really low rate for telecommuting from home, and a much larger rate when working on site. So, for the last many years, I work cheaply from home and occasionally work on site (most recently at Google) for a much better consulting rate. I don't know if your father has the financial flexibility to f…
Like other responders, I question your statement "...I might not be as effective as I once was.".
Judgement based on long experience can be enormously valuable. You may see in your client's current circumstances a dynamic you worked through 30 years ago. As a result, you may save your client a month or two exploring solutions you know won't work for them.
That's incredibly valuable. Consider that when pricing your services.
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#89Is he willing to move to San Francisco? Flightcar needs a fullstack Django dev.
Should he reach you out or something?
Just apply. I'm a friend of the CTO, so that's how I knew that they are looking.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/24829783
Re: Ask HN: My 56-year-old father is a developer having a tough time finding a job
#90The advice is the same to everyone. Work hard on personal projects, get them online and live and running and impressive. Join a well known open source project and do 200 commits. Tweet, blog regularly. Prove you know your stuff.
Same advice for everyone. Almost no one does this stuff and those that do greatly increase their chance of getting work.
People sit around hoping not to have to do the hard yards, hoping they'll somehow be given a job. In 2014 you have to make it happen through active, public work.
If you build enough of an online reputation then you'll get work without even meeting people and they wouldn't know if you were an 80 year old giraffe.