[AccessD] freelancing job sites

Hi Susan:

You are obviously not hosting a political blog if you find some of those
comments "hateful". ;-)

If you are over 50, the chances of you getting a full-time gig in the IT
field is almost zero... (Have you heard of any 35 year old quarter-backs?)

OTOH you are always being called to fix some programming disaster as the
young guys tend to be too fast and not as methodical in code-crawling.

I noticed that you said, when working an IT guy has the options of working
from dusk-to-dawn or dawn-to-dusk; you forgot the other option of
around-the-clock. 

Jim
  

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:48 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] freelancing job sites

Mostly, there have been a lot of really positive and constructive 
comments -- it's been a good discussion. Only a few were obnoxious, I just 
wasn't expecting them.

2.) Man, it's the truth. No way to sugar-coat it. If you're over 50 and 
looking for work, you're in a world of hurt. If you're over 50 and been 
freelancing for the last few years, you're toast. I know, there are 
exceptions to every rule, but I think in general, it would be hard for me to

find traditional employment now.

3.) If you're not working, you're not making money. It's all the 
self-discipline I need. :)

Susan H.


> Susan - I didn't see many really hateful responses.
> I was simply amazed at the NUMBER of responses....wow !
>
> 3 big take-aways for me were:
> 1) agencies behavior
> 2) impact of age on employment by large corps
> 3) self discipline requirement

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