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I've had this happen multiple times. Why would you hire your own replacement? (This is how they think.)

When they have someone hiring not based on what's best for the company but what's best for their own career goals, you know you're going to have issues.

Welcome to the world of tailoring yourself for the job. I'm in my 40s, so it gets worse. Can't wait until I'm over 50!

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> Welcome to the world of tailoring yourself for the job. I'm in my 40s, so it gets worse. Can't wait until I'm over 50!

It seems like someone could get a pretty good staff if they targeted all the late 30+ people.

Maybe, we tend to put up with less nonsense though. However, that's typically beneficial to business as well. The only software engineers I've ever worked with that actually consider the costs are those that have either owned their own companies (startups/etc) or are older (and know the trade offs from decades of dealing with them).

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