In IT, you can start earning your first money as a schoolboy, it is enough to be interested in technology and gain practical experience. Many students of technical universities already in their first years get an official job, start a professional career, and even receive invitations to work abroad. However, some companies consider only specialists with
But can you write code all your life, or, like in football, are there age restrictions?
We talked with technical specialists from different companies aged 35+ and, based on their experience, we will try to find out how things really are with age specialists in IT.
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Does age affect career growth in an IT company?
The specialists with whom we managed to talk, agree: in the work of a developer, age is not the main thing, the desire to work and practical skills in solving applied problems are important. But they all single out two extremes - too young and ambitious specialists who do not yet possess either soft or hard skills, and age specialists who are not ready to change their established beliefs and skills for more advanced ones.
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