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No country for old devs: How to solve tech’s ageism problem

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 4:50 pm
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When it comes to job hunting, a common concern is not having enough experience. In tech, the fear riddling job seekers and holders alike is the opposite. They worry they have too much experience. Experience comes with age, and age is proving an issue in tech careers. As many as 68 percent of baby boomers don’t apply for tech jobs for fear of being “too old.” Meanwhile, a 2018 study found that three-quarters of professional developers are younger than 35. Ageism is the elephant in the tech room. As programmers progress, their years of experience increasingly become a poisoned chalice. If the statistics are…

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No country for old devs: How to solve tech’s ageism problem

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, syndication


When it comes to job hunting, a common concern is not having enough experience. In tech, the fear riddling job seekers and holders alike is the opposite. They worry they have too much experience. Experience comes with age, and age is proving an issue in tech careers. As many as 68 percent of baby boomers don’t apply for tech jobs for fear of being “too old.” Meanwhile, a 2018 study found that three-quarters of professional developers are younger than 35. Ageism is the elephant in the tech room. As programmers progress, their years of experience increasingly become a poisoned chalice. If the statistics are…

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No country for old devs: How to solve tech’s ageism problem

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, syndication


When it comes to job hunting, a common concern is not having enough experience. In tech, the fear riddling job seekers and holders alike is the opposite. They worry they have too much experience. Experience comes with age, and age is proving an issue in tech careers. As many as 68 percent of baby boomers don’t apply for tech jobs for fear of being “too old.” Meanwhile, a 2018 study found that three-quarters of professional developers are younger than 35. Ageism is the elephant in the tech room. As programmers progress, their years of experience increasingly become a poisoned chalice. If the statistics are…

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Cryptocurrency market report confirms gamblers drive blockchain adoption

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 4:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


In the first quarter of this year alone, at least 504 new decentralized apps (dapps) have been listed, and more than half of them are running on Ethereum. Dapp explorer Dapp.com has issued its latest market report. It aims to present comprehensive data and insight into Ethereum, EOS, STEEM, and TRON, as it says they’ve have managed to attract the most active users in the market. “It shows that Ethereum is still the [number one] choice for developers to build their dapp on,” reads the report. “[…] The Ethereum-based games have already created a stable community with a group of loyal…

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Meet the biohackers who are putting technology into their own bodies

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 3:52 pm
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Technology has become increasingly intrusive. Just a few decades ago, the idea of being near-constantly tethered to a device may have been unpalatable, particularly when that device sends your every activity to corporations and means you are contactable 24 hours a day. In 2018, though, we can hardly imagine living without one. Willingly integrating technology into your body, or biohacking, therefore seems like the next logical step. We have welcomed smartphone devices into our lives – often paying substantial amounts for the privilege – because they are unbelievably useful. Many expect the next logical progression in personal technology to be…

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