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samr71last Thursday at 7:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yup. You can check out of FAANG anytime you like, but you can never leave.

Was path dependency for careers always this bad?


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solarmistlast Thursday at 7:06 PM

I don’t feel like it was. Every role is hyper specific nowadays.

And most refused to look at anybody deviating from their ideal background in my experience.

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ghafflast Thursday at 7:10 PM

It's a more mature industry.

I'm guessing the majority of people now in their 50s and 60s in computer-related careers had very eclectic jobs before settling down in computer-related stuff. After all, many never used computers at all until college or beyond.

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