Programmers over the age of 30 can continue their technical careers. I have a lot of 50+ neighbors around me, still doing technology.

** If you love technology and can handle the noise, age is not a problem.** Unfortunately, many people do not like software development, and have already thought that they will make a transition in a few years, so they are always swayed by the noise of the outside world.

Assuming you want to stay in technology and have a lasting career, here are two tips:

  1. 3 key points for older programmers to choose a company
  2. 2 tips for staying competitive

Three key points for older programmers to choose a company

First, it’s about size.

Older developers try not to choose small and micro start-up companies, of course, you do not rule out the possibility of entrepreneurship or partnership. Here’s why:

  1. It’s extremely volatile, a high percentage of companies fail within a year and a half, which can cause you to change jobs frequently, and the older you get, the harder it gets to find a job.
  2. Most small and micro start-up companies, the purpose of survival, biased towards application products. Expect programmers to be able to work under pressure, work overtime, multitask, and work fast, and they don’t like older developers (unless you’re a tech leader) because your 10 years of development experience is the same as your 3 years of experience on an application project.
  3. Technological innovation and the construction of technological barriers, requires a lot of money and human resources, many small companies simply cannot provide such an environment.

Advice: Prefer medium, large companies, or small companies that already have great products in their industry.

Second, analyze whether the company values technology

Even if you choose medium and large companies or small companies with good products, you should also look at the importance of the technology department in these companies. That is, you should make clear that the company is technology-oriented, market-oriented, operations-oriented and product-oriented.

Selection order: technology oriented, operation oriented, product oriented, market oriented.

Because in a company, the more attention is paid to technology, the more attention is paid to the accumulation of knowledge, technology, experience and other aspects of technical personnel, and the more recognized the value of older programmers.

Third, look at the age distribution of the target company

We can’t just listen to companies say they welcome older programmers, but look at the age profile of their existing technical team.

A team that welcomes older programmers. There must be some older programmers in it. Teams that do not welcome older programmers, except for the lead, are basically young meat.

It’s probably better to choose teams that have big programmers on them. Of course, if you’re a technologist, you can ignore this one.

Two tips for staying competitive

  1. Develop a label in a particular technical direction. Let the team mention this direction will think of you, mention you will think of a technical direction, have questions to consult you. It will stand out, it will increase its influence and importance; It is recommended that developers not only expand their influence in the team, but also make an impact in the industry.

  2. Focus on the business and become an expert in the business. Because the competitiveness of programmers, at least technology and business composition, walking on two legs, more stable than one leg.

conclusion

Be clear about what you want from your career. If you use it as a tool to support your family, it will only give you so much back. If you can truly stand loneliness, find your own technical direction. And continue in that direction. Every professional and technical talent will have more choices than just understanding the prospects and options of common application development.

Keep thinking, after I lose my age bonus at 35, where will my competitiveness be? If you can’t think of one, take the time to learn about the areas in your community that you can systematically research, and choose one to pursue. I’m sure the results will be no worse than you are today.

I’ve seen a lot of developers who are anxious about bottlenecks, but put off taking action and making choices. I’d say it’s better to face it than wait. Not necessarily successful, but cool!

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