There Is Old and There Is Acting Old

"Take the dates of graduation off your resume. Take off everything from more than 15 years ago, probably ten. Don't mention how much experience you have except in softball numbers 'over a decade' is accurate enough. Don't talk about feeling old, or remembering when. Talk about current/planned self education or new certifications or challenges. Just be forward facing." - One set of tips to a techie who is knocking up against age bias in a job search. Here is the thread on Reddit Jobs.

Those tips and many of the others in the thread are right on. Most of us aging professionals shoot ourselves in the foot. That's by "acting old." Sure, we are old. But we don't have to present ourselves as such. When we do it knocks us out of the box for landing well-paying jobs and gigs.

For instance, the poster admits that on the interview jaw-jawing about how things used to be done. Like, what young Millennial or GenZer wants to hear that. Yes, that's acting old. No surprise, there was no job offer.

How not to act old? 

There is a standard winning tactic in sales. That's to mirror the prospects, along with the prospects' environment. Since younger people will be vetting you, pick up on what they talk about and how they talk about all that. No, don't overdo it. You don't have to be cool. You only have to be in the same time and space dimension they are. 

In addition, believe in yourself. Also love yourself.  About the latter: In youth-obssessed America we are forced into self-hate. 

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