Originally posted by @vivifyI used to think I was never going to get a job when over 50 but it worked out for me, just got laid off at my last job, age 77 and was making decent wages too and my co-workers called me Doctor Don (I know a lot about a lot of subjects in electronics, mechanics, optics, pneumatics, hydraulics and PLC's and such).
That's the way world works.
Young people get chosen over older people, attractive people are chosen over less attractive people, thin over fat, tall over short, rich over poor, celebrities over unknowns.
Don't think I can get another hi-tech job, my run might be over this time but I had a really great run though.
Originally posted by @ponderableSure...why not? He was entertaining and seemed rather brilliant. That's from my perspective anyway, I had a very short term of exposure to his posts.
This is the last active thread vandervelde founded.
Should we keep it for old time's sake?
To me, he was a rich man's Shavixmir. 😉
Originally posted by @wolfe63Anyone figure out why he was canned?
Sure...why not? He was entertaining and seemed rather brilliant. That's from my perspective anyway, I had a very short term of exposure to his posts.
To me, he was a rich man's Shavixmir. 😉