re: #60 Decatur Deb

Is there no process by which your output can be your reference, like a medieval guild’s masterpiece?

Output… you mean code samples. SUre, I have pages of code sample, I sent some to HH because he had a lead on some possible employment, as a seasoned programmer, he can certainly see that I know what I talk of.

But if his company requires BA’s or Master’s degrees as part of the employment qualifications, there is nothing I can do about that, nor probably he can do about it.

My domestic partner, she does what I do, difference is she is currently has a job she has had for about 12 years. She know what I can do, she has seen what I can do when I am working on a part time contract job, she says she hasn’t seen much better.

Really, this is simply a fact, but a lot of what has happened to my career has to do with “ageism.” I’m 57, and no matter how talented I am, in the larger scheme of numbers and money, I am a red mark on a ledger sheet.

My age makes me a burden on a benefits plan, they think my age (true or not) precludes me form working as many hours as they may need and all sort of other negatives related to my age.

I’ve been told by IT recruiters, you know, “off record” that my age will make it difficult to find full time work.

That’s just the facts, and I have been dealing with the facts the for over 5 years now.