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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:4bec1c0f@news.povray.org...
: DungBeatle wrote:
:
: > Very sad... No one wants a 57 year old programmer.. :(
: If it makes you feel any better, no one wants a Haskell programmer
either.
: (Well... actually Well-Typed.com do. But they want somebody who's
also a
: C expert and a good salesman, so...)
What bothers me most is that my ex-supervisor won't tell me what's
happening with the software I created. And all my servers were turned
off so my ex-clients can't access anything. I smell a rat...
~db
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On Thu, 13 May 2010 09:58:52 -0700, DungBeatle wrote:
> Yeah, I'm considering something like that. But it costs $ I don't really
> have...
That's one of the things that "they" count on, I think. You might find a
lawyer who will do a free consultation (many will) to determine if
there's a chance of winning - because it's a situation where they make
money, too, it's in the lawyer's interest to look and see, and many will
do that initial consult at no cost (and get paid from the settlement).
Often times, a settlement can be reached without it going to court as
well.
Jim
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"Stephen" <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> wrote in message
news:4bec3040@news.povray.org...
: My condolences too. I was made redundant about ten years ago and it
was
: the best thing that happened to me.
: Can you not go independent and work as a freelance developer?
: Best Regards,
: Stephen
That's what I'm working on now. I have a lead on a two-month job that
should make up the difference. Then after that? Who knows... It's all
very depressing. No one told me there was even a remote chance that I
was to be laid off. I arrived at work and my keys wouldn't work! All
my servers had been turned off, I'm not even sure if they did it
gracefully. It's as if they didn't trust me? After 21 years of
handling very sensitive data without ever a compromise. Never lost a
byte of data since 1993 when I took over this responsibility.
But yes, I will probably go freelance... I was planning to retire
though, so this really screws up everything!
~db
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On Thu, 13 May 2010 10:00:54 -0700, DungBeatle wrote:
> What bothers me most is that my ex-supervisor won't tell me what's
> happening with the software I created. And all my servers were turned
> off so my ex-clients can't access anything. I smell a rat...
First rule if you want to go down the lawsuit path: document absolutely
*everything*. My wife had to deal with a legal issue several years ago,
and her lawyer advised her that "if it isn't written down, it didn't
happen". Get a notebook and start documenting absolutely *everything*
about the termination.
Jim
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On 5/13/2010 10:27 AM, DungBeatle wrote:
> <rant>
> I can't believe it. I was laid off from my job after 21 years of
> service. Great annual reviews, told my work was wonderful! Saved them
> oodles of $... I suspect they are trying to take my work to a
> commercial developer so they can make the $ and throw me away... Very
> sad... No one wants a 57 year old programmer.. :(
>
> They force me to retire, but I can't do it for 2 more years or suffer
> a $20k penalty... Ouch!
>
> </rant>
Wow... my condolences. :( Such is the way the world is today.
--
~Mike
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DungBeatle wrote:
> Yeah, I'm considering something like that. But it costs $ I don't
> really have...
And if you're in the USA, there's also the age discrimination laws to consider.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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On 13/05/2010 6:04 PM, DungBeatle wrote:
> That's what I'm working on now. I have a lead on a two-month job that
> should make up the difference. Then after that? Who knows...
That's all we contractors know :-(
> It's all
> very depressing. No one told me there was even a remote chance that I
> was to be laid off. I arrived at work and my keys wouldn't work! All
> my servers had been turned off, I'm not even sure if they did it
> gracefully. It's as if they didn't trust me? After 21 years of
> handling very sensitive data without ever a compromise. Never lost a
> byte of data since 1993 when I took over this responsibility.
>
the premises much to the embarrassment of the person who had to do it
and my annoyance.
> But yes, I will probably go freelance... I was planning to retire
> though, so this really screws up everything!
>
Maybe you will earn enough not to want to retire. :-D
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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"Stephen" <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> wrote in message
news:4bec615a$1@news.povray.org...
: On 13/05/2010 6:04 PM, DungBeatle wrote:
I'll never give so much again!
~db
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On 14/05/2010 4:26 PM, DungBeatle wrote:
> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:4bec615a$1@news.povray.org...
> : On 13/05/2010 6:04 PM, DungBeatle wrote:
>
> I'll never give so much again!
>
> ~db
>
>
Funnily enough when you get over it you may find the habit ingrained.
I generally do about two implementations a year and I develop a loyalty
know that after the back of the project is broken, if they can find one
of their own people to take over, at a lower cost, then that is what
will happen.
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> On 14/05/2010 4:26 PM, DungBeatle wrote:
>> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOTcom> wrote in message
>> news:4bec615a$1@news.povray.org...
>> : On 13/05/2010 6:04 PM, DungBeatle wrote:
>>
>> I'll never give so much again!
>>
>> ~db
>>
>>
> Funnily enough when you get over it you may find the habit ingrained.
> I generally do about two implementations a year and I develop a loyalty
> know that after the back of the project is broken, if they can find one
> of their own people to take over, at a lower cost, then that is what
> will happen.
>
>
Agreed, out of habit, as you say, or out of a need to contribute in some
meaningful way, yet, also as you say, it will be tempered in some manner.
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