<![CDATA[Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism.]]>Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism.

This is a subtoot of a two year old thread, which is why I'm not adding context.

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"excellent work history. but how would you rate yourself (scale of 1-10) on using a pay phone wearing rollerblades?"]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/259ceded-89bb-4afb-b756-597b390bd08ehttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/259ceded-89bb-4afb-b756-597b390bd08eMon, 04 May 2026 15:13:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism. on Mon, 04 May 2026 15:07:31 GMT]]>@twipped And I cannot deny that another benefit for interviewers is that if they really can't stand the kind of technical product manager who seeks joy in their avocation, this is the question that will out me.

“This post doesn’t have a deep insight into program design, and thus there’s no major point to summarize. Just as there can be recreational mathematics, there can be recreational programming. And that’s a very fine thing to enjoy.”

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bau-ha.us/users/raganwald/statuses/116516929626248084https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bau-ha.us/users/raganwald/statuses/116516929626248084Mon, 04 May 2026 15:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism. on Mon, 04 May 2026 14:59:33 GMT]]>@twipped Jeebus.

My high school education? Boarding school with future captains of industry. And we had a minicomputer. The first thing we learned was how to bootstrap it by toggling three 16-bit instructions into RAM with front-panel switches.

Extremely relevant today. Not in the specifics, but if you want to turn away people who know how to make sausage, and just hire operators to be reverse-centaurs in the AI sausage-making-factory, that's the question to ask me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bau-ha.us/users/raganwald/statuses/116516898298902786https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.bau-ha.us/users/raganwald/statuses/116516898298902786Mon, 04 May 2026 14:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism. on Mon, 04 May 2026 14:57:08 GMT]]>@twipped I get your point and agree—

But also it’s kind of stunning to me that what I’m doing three decades later is based on what I did three decades ago. It just keeps getting layered on top, which keeps my experience much more relevant than might be thought.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://queer.garden/users/zigg/statuses/116516888780344243https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://queer.garden/users/zigg/statuses/116516888780344243Mon, 04 May 2026 14:57:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism. on Mon, 04 May 2026 14:52:28 GMT]]>@twipped well, that one is pretty relevant

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116205631931276462/statuses/116516870438634362https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116205631931276462/statuses/116516870438634362Mon, 04 May 2026 14:52:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism. on Mon, 04 May 2026 14:45:22 GMT]]>THE MOVIE HACKERS CAME OUT WHILE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL! That's how fucking relevant that part of my education is to my career!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twipped.social/users/twipped/statuses/116516842513845109https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://twipped.social/users/twipped/statuses/116516842513845109Mon, 04 May 2026 14:45:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking anyone over fourty about their high school education, during a job interview, is pure agism. on Mon, 04 May 2026 14:41:11 GMT]]>When I started High School, the Pentium was the most interesting thing happening in computing. JavaScript was brand new, Borlund was still the C compiler of choice, and Visual Studio 5 had just come out. Debian and Red Hat had just started shipping.

Windows 98 SE was released the week I graduated. Steve Jobs had just become interim CEO of Apple and everybody was still excited about the iMac.

This is how relevant my high school education was to my career.

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