Oh look
this story has popped up again... note the word again
Cast your minds back 15-20 yrs... when a bored cockroach decided to do an OU degree in the vain hope of getting a better job (min wage stuff sucks)
Cue much malarky with smalltalk, java , Borland C++ (remember that?) .. moving swiftly onto the joys of embedded systems (and an exam that relied for 15% of its marks on a page &1/2 topic hidden inside the 5 course books), finally falling out via concurrent systems design.
Lets apply for jobs I thinks... with the ink still wet on the diploma
nope
nope
nope
nope
Ok maybe leave my age off and only list the last 10yrs of jobs
Oh an interview (nope)
Another interview (I'm the oldest applicant ... by 15yrs)
Pretty much every job wanted someone in the age range 22-30 with 15 yrs experience in tech that had only been out 6 months (not being prepared to work 160 hrs a week was also a big downer)
And then the big realisation hit.... all the agencies were using 'buzz word' matching to send CVs on to clients.. if you didnt have the buzz word, the cv went in the bin.
So for this poor min wage worker aged 40'ish wanting to change jobs... no chance... after all... why does someone aged 40 want an entry level job?
Ah well enough with the glumness, and back to wrangling those robots making medical equipment.... and just maybe one of those recruiters who brutally rejected me 15 yrs ago will end up inplanted with the only scrap part to escape inspection this week. :)