Re: IT career and getting older


Big Charles wrote:
Hello,

Just looking for some advices about IT career and getting old.

I'm 37 years old and have allways been free lance. I have more than 10
years of experiencie in IT. I started programming in Clipper 5.3 and
Foxpro for DOS many years ago. Now I develop web applications,
basically in .NET and Oracle database.

I live in a Southamerican country, so things are quite different than
in USA, but quite the same (I think) like others developing countries
around the world.

I love IT, probably much more than system analisys. But I have realized
that I must learn analisys and get a master degree in Computer Science.

IT, analysis and Computer Science are quite different, you should
clarify your thinking before enrolling in a program.

I mean, now being close to my forties, it could be seen quite
ridiciulous when I were 45 years old and still programming and
competing with 20 something year old programmers.


Well if you target the popular buzzwords you will be. So one way to
avoid it is to find a niche market to specialise in (thats if you
insist on programming).

.

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