Post-Retirement IT Job Advice? (BEWARE: Crazy Question)

[Zachcleigh]

waste of time I think

the problem is ageism -- which happens in IT quite often

the people doing the hiring just assume older people don't understand the latest technology or needs of the users

ask yourself these questions
do you have a twitter account ?
do you skype ?
do have have a smart phone ? how old is it ? do you know how to install apps ?
do you know what Pokemon Go is ?
how about Dropbox ?
do you know what "torrent" means ?
have you ever uses Amazon Fire TV Stick
what's Instagram ?


I've been doing programming for over 10 years and I'm out of touch with most of that stuff

if you're over 50 people will just assume you're out of touch -- in my case they'd be right

being over 50 with no experience would make it extremely difficult to get an IT job

This is a good point. Another aspect to this (ageism) is something I've heard referred to as "runway." Which i guess is the theory that employers don't want older employees, because they are one: more costly (insurance plans and such), and two: get less use out of older employees, because the amount of time they have left isn't enough to be enticing for an employer.