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As an MIT alum in my 50s, let me assure you that a specific fundraiser is assigned to target you, personally and individually. "Ugh," indeed.
MIT alum in my 30s. When to babes start throwing themselves ta me because of my degree? My parents promised me this would happen.
Ugh. Confirmation bias and sample size aside, these are MIT alumni. Aren't they already supposed to be above average? That being said, he didn't exactly say what sort of engineers these folks were. Electrical? Software? Big difference.. Also, one thing that didn't jive, if they are in financially uncomfortable retirement, why exactly are they showing up at a donors gathering?
As an MIT alum in my 50s, let me assure you that a specific fundraiser is assigned to target you, personally and individually. "Ugh," indeed.
Well since we have a specimen handy, can we hear your take on the article? Does it match your observations?
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Version control? That's, like, not the hard part.
MIT is theory-heavy and practice-light. I didn't learn databases or professional languages or version control in any of my classes.
Besides, some of the best programmers I know are 50+.
If we reverse the clock back to their 30's, the underlying math of these career choices isn't so kind... - The academic is completing their PHD program, with it's associated vow of poverty and about to start a multi-year tenure cagefight, in low-wage contract instructor roles. Only a small fraction will make it to full tenure; the rest will drop out to pursue industry jobs, 10+ years behind the engineers who went dir…
IMHO the good thing for meritocracy is when there is no shift between skill and position. Eg in academia there is ~10-20 year shift.
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good programmers can always consult. old managers can't do nothing unless he is hired at a big company, which is exactly what won't happen according to this
> good programmers can always consult. as if ageism didn't exist in the consulting business ...
This post really scares me and part of me wants to quit this industry even though I enjoy coding. Ageism is a brutal reality.
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As an MIT alum in my 50s, let me assure you that a specific fundraiser is assigned to target you, personally and individually. "Ugh," indeed.
> As an MIT alum in my 50s Well since we have a specimen handy, can we hear your take on the article? Does it match your observations?
Even back in the 80s, nobody chose engineering because it is a cushy lifelong path.
Edit: BTW, many of his posts are interesting.
If we reverse the clock back to their 30's, the underlying math of these career choices isn't so kind... - The academic is completing their PHD program, with it's associated vow of poverty and about to start a multi-year tenure cagefight, in low-wage contract instructor roles. Only a small fraction will make it to full tenure; the rest will drop out to pursue industry jobs, 10+ years behind the engineers who went dir…