Re: APL Jobs: Are we all hobbyists?


Stefano "WildHeart" Lanzavecchia wrote:
> My specification of the
> age was in fact more an indication of the range where the required
> characteristics are more likely but not exclusively to be found.

I guess it is a very common misconception that the best option is to
hire a young person

At the same time the qualifcations that are expected are very often
only possible in older people

A generation used to be counted something like 30 years

As people in general get healthier and older the fact that many older
people have the experience, education and the drive that is needed for
a job but those looking do not even try to evaluate them for the job

I know a few people who have been in lack of projects to work on for a
long time and they do not even get answers because many of those
looking at applications start sorting away all above a certain age

When I was learning to fly I met a lady who was 82 and just finished
learning to fly and she was still flying on her own last I heard many
years later

I know there is a huge difference between individuals how they age and
it has to do with their attitude to life more than the date they
happened to be born

.

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