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Same for me, but it may actually be easier if you're 42 with two years of experience than twenty years. You're cheap, not specialized, and trainable.


Yes to being trainable, but good luck getting training. I jumped straight into mid-level roles. No one would take me seriously for a junior role, so I used failed interviews to learn how to sound more experienced than I was. Then I got in over my head and failed my way up for a couple years. That is also my anecdotal evidence for software engineering interviews being crap. If someone w/ less than idea experience makes you think they have enough maturity to do the job well, maybe your interview kind of stinks.




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