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gcorgnet

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#2286924 1-Aug-2019 08:36

Beyond the (unfortunately) obvious ageism, I would imeagine another factor would be the lack of practical experience.

In the nicest possible way, I imagine there are large differences between teaching OOP, C# and Software Engineering and cranking out software "in real life".

You'd come in as someone with lots of skills and knowledge but little commerical experience, which, unfortunately, some companies will be looking for before hiring anyone.

Doesn't mean you don;t have a shot though. As said before, someone with your life experience and knowledge would have lots to contribute as a developer.

Good Luck, and get a new recruiter.

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#2286926 1-Aug-2019 08:37

My wife found recruiters to be worse than useless, in fact they almost convinced her there was no point in trying to get another job after she took redundancy. I think the problem is that like you she is late 50's, the recruiters are about 14 from what I can ascertain, and require you to have "Superpowers" yes that word came up time and time again. They go for the low hanging fruit and couldn't give a rats if the placement is slightly difficult.

Long story short just as she was about to give up and look at early retirement I convinced her to cold call the likely types of organisations that would need her skills. She did and now is back in the work force earning a little under $100,000 per year.

Think outside the box (you are already since you posted here). Sounds like you are very employable. Good luck.

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#2287092 1-Aug-2019 12:33

Recruiters are just humans like everyone else. Some are not good at their job, some are. You have to shop around and then latch on to the good ones, build relationships, and keep in contact proactively. There are some fantastic ones out there. I know a few now so even if there is a job advertised via an agency I'll always ask them about it first so as to not have to go through the front door.

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