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I’m nearly 60, and I just learned React-Redux and am building a website using it. (Sweet architecture, btw — much nicer than Angular) I don’t think there’s much problem staying employed if you …   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [I regret becoming a software developer because I can't find jobs as I get older. Aside from programming, though, I have no other skills. What should I do?]( Clinton Staley, CS prof and software developer for 30 years • [Answered December 4, 2017]( [I’m nearly 60, and I just learned React-Redux and am building a website using it. (Sweet architecture, btw — much nicer than Angular) I don’t think there’s much problem stay... Read more » [Upvote] 945 [Comment] 95](   [I am 16, I think my aunt is my birth mother, we look exactly alike and we have more in common. 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