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Old March 21st, 2008, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptainBlack View Post
Good for him, I must say it all ways p**s me off when people talk about mathematicians being passed it at 35 or 30 or watever.

I remember being told at a job interview for a space debris tracking job that at 35 I was too old for creative work in a mathematical field(not that that job was, but what did the interveiwer know). (this was over 20 years ago now)

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I thought older mathematicians would be in greater demand because of their experience.
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