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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] BTW, no one wants to hire me in my old field. I'm too old, skills too rusty. Age discrimination is alive and very well. [/quote]

Skills discrimination, too, it sounds like. [/quote]

Experience discrimination as well. If you had the choice between a 50-something prospect who continuously worked (even if PT at times) and a person of the same age who had been completely out of the field for 30 years, which would you choose?[/quote]

This is the OP. I have very good skills in my field, but I don't know the latest technology, so that's been a problem for me. However, I know for a fact that a place I applied to hired a 20 something kid who could not do the job. I know this because a friend recommended me for the job, but the woman doing the hiring (in her 40s) wanted someone younger. I could have done the job in my sleep. My skills are a zillion times better than those of the 20ish kid, but I wasn't hired. I don't see any other way to describe than aside from age discrimination. I would do a better job, but they chose someone younger who could not do the job. This is from a friend who has to work with the kid, who can't do the job. How is this a good decision for the company? The 20ish kid isn't going to stay there for 20 years. I'd probably stay longer, so I'm a much better investment. [/quote]

This problem will not magically go away if you have a law degree. People hire recent law students because they are flexible, malleable, willing to do grunt work like review documents and defer to people in their upper 20s, and stick around for 4-6 years. People will assume - rightly or wrongly - that a 60 year old doesn’t fit the bill. Plus, you will need to be extremely tech savvy, and they won’t teach that in law school. [/quote]

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