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In keeping with my suggestion that anyone can work in high tech. This 91 year old woman lives in a senior center, but works a sa designer in Silicon Valley.
This is just one of those exceptions and not a generalization or a norm, so this story holds very little weight with me. I'm glad she managed to figure it out, though.
This is just one of those exceptions and not a generalization or a norm, so this story holds very little weight with me. I'm glad she managed to figure it out, though.
I hate to be the cynic, but I absolutely agree.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a wonderful story, but exceptionally unusual IMO. She happened to fill a unique niche and she's actually doing interesting things and not just filling a 'quota.'
But this is hardly reason to celebrate against the tide of age discrimination rampant in the tech industry in general.
In keeping with my suggestion that anyone can work in high tech. This 91 year old woman lives in a senior center, but works a sa designer in Silicon Valley.
I work with other developers who are in their 60s.
I will definitely still be programming when I'm 91, assuming true artificial intelligence doesn't make human brains obsolete.
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