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		azhenley on Aug 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (200... A professor once told me that I shouldn't become a software engineer because my cognitive abilities will decline with age, thus making it difficult to keep a job :( I'm at Microsoft now and see plenty of older engineers that have very, very valuable experience and skills. This myth is dumb.

monster_group on Aug 2, 2019 [–]

Seems like your professor was also saying that he chose to be a professor so that he can stay employed when his cognitive abilities decline.

pmiller2 on Aug 2, 2019 | [–]

It is one of the few jobs in the world that offers actual lifetime employment, so you could be right.

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