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[new] Not too late! (none / 0) (#2)
by Cotati on Wed Jul 19, 2006 at 08:35:57 PM PDT

I am young academically speaking, so I hope I qualify to be an honest member of YMN. Here I am in my 2nd year of a PhD program, while my actual physical age is ... 48 years. My intention is to work in academia when I complete my degree. (I may never see tenure, but so what.) So I dearly hope it is not too late to make the change! I am told that age discrimination does exist to some degree, but it is not nearly as bad as in industry (in the US) or as it is in academia in Europe.

My first life (career) was as a software developer in Silicon Valley. I was ready for a change, looking for the opportunity to exit, when the economic downturn hit my industry and company in 2002. I immediately enrolled at Cal State Univ. Hayward, full time, self-funded, and finished my master's degree in math in 2004. (I could have finished a half-year earlier, but chose to take more coursework.) I can't say that it's a plan I would recommend to anyone else, but so far so good for me.



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