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Benefits Ending for One Million Unemployed (nytimes.com)
14 points by billjive 4562 days ago
Politics aside, the point of submitting this article is to help one of the profiled individuals find a job. He's an unemployed programmer in Virginia - 68 years old. Broader question is, how do hackers of that age find jobs. Is it conceivable that they start github accounts, contribute, and make a name for themselves? To what extent can they reboot their careers late in life?