Where Age Is No Barrier
What if the way you think about aging could extend your life? Yale professor Becca Levy’s new book, Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live, makes a compelling case for this. It blew me …
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“Gen Z doesn’t want to work.” I could not have been more surprised when someone read this to me from their phone screen recently, quoting a social media post. My thoughts immediately went to one of my sons, who is on the leading edge of Gen …
Imagine that an interview for your dream job is going swimmingly, until…the hiring manager makes an ageist comment. Should you say something? This week I read a post on Elpha, a forum for women in tech, that presented just this …
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“If you’re not learning, you’re not earning.” These are the words of Bradley Schurman, author and founder of The Super Age, when asked about practical steps people should take when faced with ageism. Yes, that is the hard reality of …
[Read more...] about “Get Over It” – You’re Going to Have to Upskill to Stay Employed
Being in the over-forty crowd at a tech company certainly has its downsides. But what if being the oldest person on your team actually has some pretty decent perks as well? For almost two years now, I’ve participated in a monthly meetup …
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