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‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
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I followed kind of a similar path. I didn’t go to school or anything for programming. It was my natural learning path from the graphic design field after seeing how web development was blowing up. On top of that, my dad was an MS-DOS nerd, so he had me navigating a terminal when I was like 12. So I never needed hand-holding at jobs. I was definitely underpaid for quite a while before I started connecting more and more with others in the field.
i envy you for your dad. mine was convinced that the computer would rot my brain. lol
edit: now that i think of it, i think he was right. lmao
My dad would hate the shit we have now, but I’m thankful for what he taught me. I still feel lucky to have experienced the internet in its best form. My first internet provider was Prodigy.