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Discussion on: What's your advice to someone over the age of 30 considering a career in software development?

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Mahesh K

No offense taken. I can understand you point of view. My point regarding the 50s wasn't meant to be ageist but more of realistic view of how some people here were not realistic about starting something from scratch in this age bracket. Again this is based on what I have seen from the people who are restarting the career at that age bracket on those specific tasks. Again not meant to say that innovators, entrepreneurs, coders don't exist on 50s, 60s, and onwards. It's just people are not being honest about age bracket and physical limitation.

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Jaimie Carter

That's good you're not offended, though you did miss the point. That's ok, it'll click later on down the track.
Just out of interest, you sound like you have experience in high stakes projects. Do you lead a team (sorry, I don't know the correct terminology) or are you part of a team working on a big project?

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Mahesh K

Yes, working with one team on project for govt.

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Jaimie Carter

Ah. Very cool. I have a friend that has a few govt contracts in the local govt management sector. Which area are you developing for?

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Mahesh K

Energy & infrastructure sector.