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> On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Kevin Fries <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am 53. In the middle of July, I was told my job was being sent to > Jacksonville Florida (I was 52 at the time). I was not asked to follow it. > > By Labor Day, I had 3 job offers, the smallest raise I was offered was 50%. > I turned that job down. > > I had some personal issue that prevented me from taking the job I really > wanted, so I said yes to the third one. But that company hired me > prematurely, and needed to get other stuff in place before they could fully > utilize my skills, so I was released after one month. > > By this time, the personal situation that prevented me from taking that one > job stabilized, and I called them back. I was welcomed with open arms. > > All at the age of 53. So, 50 is a grey ceiling only if you let it. As for > me, I didn't, and will be working on my first client site visit next week > with this new company... Working at VMWare Headquarters in Cali, on helping > them set up for their next generation technology. > > Age is but a number, too many in our industry get lazy and don't keep up with > the technology. And that is where the stigma comes from. I got this job > because I have been working with cloud based microservice environments. And > this landed me 3, count them 3, quality job offers. > > Don't let the negativity cause you to give up before you even get in the > game. If you are 50+, and like me, been in this industry all your adult > life, you have experience that is valuable... Use it. > > Kevin Fries > >> On Dec 8, 2016 8:15 AM, "Keith Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> If being over 50 in technology is the kiss of death then why not come >> together and form a business and do contract work? Might be the opportune >> time given Trump is making sounds like the HB1 is going away. >> >> Keith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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