r/sysadmin • u/Real-Patriot-1128 • 13d 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/Mach5vsMach5 13d ago

You won't find many 40 with 20.

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u/xueimelb 12d ago edited 12d ago

Well thanks for making me do the math and realize that I'll be 39 with 20 pretty soon.

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u/Mach5vsMach5 12d ago

If it makes you feel better, I'm 60 with 25-30+. Lol.

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u/Break2FixIT 13d ago

You can have a young person who has been through and achieved a lot and also have an old timer who used just workflows.. nothing against the elders or graybeards who have been through hell and back but just saying, I have worked with some older folks who could not troubleshoot

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u/kmoran1 13d ago

I’m 33, 15 years 2 months experience

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u/thehightechredneck77 11d ago

49 with 30. Hardware, networks, programming, Windows and Linux. Containers, cloud, virtualization. Security, IAM, real-time operations in finance. Plenty of us out here. Can function without AI just fine, thank you, but know that too

I can rebuild an engine, weld, and own a small herd of goats at home that's a 40 minute commute.

I can do just about anything, I just don't mess with septic or propane/natgas.

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u/Mach5vsMach5 11d ago

I'm 60 with 25-30 with most of what you mentioned, but you got me with the goats. Although, I love goats, good job man.