You’re old. Get over it.

EDN ^ | October 25, 2012 | Suzanne Deffree

[tomkat]

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[stylecouncilor]

LOL!

[Peter W. Kessler]

Yup. The older I get, the older “old” gets.

[Right Wing Assault]

I had a 4.0 college grad ask me what solder is.

And he probably pronounced it "soll-der" or "soul-der." I've heard things such as, "I need to weld these wires together. Do you have any soll-der?" Or, "Does that soll-der stuff work on plastic and wood?" Or, "I'm having trouble nailing this screw through this piece of wood."

[House Atreides]

“60 is the new 40. Really.”
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Dude, I hear that actually 70 is the new 40!

[bert]

The rule of 65 says dropped prepositions, typing errors, creative spelling, grammatical miscues and are all ok in casual web posts by a hurried writer over 65.

[MV=PY]

Like your attitude. I hired several just like you. They kicked my arse all the way into owning a very profitable company.

LOL! That's what I do to. I've sold two and am working on the third just because I like to do it.

My "kids" are smart enough to appreciate the experience and guidance - and they can learn about ownership.

[mylife]

The best bosses I ever had were old guys that owned the Company.

[onedoug]

Eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh....

[null and void]

I’m glad to hear that since I turned 60 last month .... :)

Early next year for me.

[null and void]

Lurkina.n.Learnin ~ Every few years I raise my definition old.

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Of old.

eddie willers ~ Worst sign of growing old is forgetting prepositions.

Nahhh, the worst is missing propositions...

[null and void]

What an arrogant idiot. She has got to be in Silicon Valley and probably a big Obama supporter.

Yeah. I live here. No shortage of that type in my fair valley.

I'd move in a heartbeat.

[null and void]

It seems to me there are just as much “older” as “younger” people out there. “Older” can hire “older” if they like. Start their own business if needs be.

Been there, done that, twice in the last 5 years.

Guess what?

Getting funding as an old phart isn't easy either.

Your 20 something bank manager and your 30 something vulture venture capitalist only want to fund "recent college graduates"...

[null and void]

We are hiring experienced people.
I work in the electronics industry.

Hey!

That's me!!!

Were do I send my resume?

[Free Vulcan]

History is filled with 20-something wunderkinds who invented the huge whiz-bang and completely failed at marketing it (*cough* Steve Jobs *cough*). At that age you are very good at throwing 100% focus at some particular thing and making something very creative and amazing, particularly when what you are doing is a complete game changer.

As you get older, you get more systemic. You think of the bigger picture, game things out more, backthink better, anticipate, connect the dots, and strategize. You do equally amazing things, but on a more system wide or process scale. It takes time to get that vision.

I see this at my own job. The young bucks don’t think they know what I’m doing because they are quicker and faster at the basic skills and can churn things out faster. They suck at the process though and the quality angle. No follow thru, they want to bounce around to the glory stuff and don’t get that the whole process determines the finished product, a product that demands a very tight tolerance on quality.

A mix of ages in a work situation is good. If you can get that kind of team to work together, you can do some amazing things.

[null and void]

We can have stuff done before your old fogey ass even has time to put your orthopedic shoes on. Matlab is just one of many tools at our disposal.

Really?

Do people drive Matlab cars or steel cars?

Do they fly in airplanes built by CAE or BAE?

The simulation isn't the reality...

[Nailbiter]

They know how to use matlab,

did a double take on that statement, then adjusted my bi focals

First laugh of the day

[null and void]

Gravitas is that when you are so old your ass has given into gravity?

*ouch*

[null and void]

Lovely stuff, but I feel much older now.

Morphine is lovely stuff. I was on it for a few days after my pancreas exploded.

At least now I fully 'get' how someone could become an addict!

[null and void]

I’m still breathing... does that count ?

For now, Boxer, it counts for now.

Got glue?