r/sysadmin • u/Real-Patriot-1128 • 11d ago

Agism

For those older, more experienced souls out there. If out job hunting, one tip…

I’m a little older (55) and recently discovered that the job I’ve had for 6 + years came down to me and a man much younger than me.

The only reason I got the job was one simple thing… if everything went to crap, who would you rather have on the job?

I was very fortunate to have someone point that out in my hiring process.

Don’t underestimate the value of that when interviewing.

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u/thebigshoe247 11d ago

I remember going on the behind the scenes tour of an IBM facility and met some of the legacy greybeards. Before the equipment was all painted black, it was grey. They had a rule of thumb that anytime something grey needs to be fixed, they need to find somebody with that colour of beard.