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Originally Posted by Hitch
Indeed. I urge my younger family members to put away EVERY penny that they can. Just for those days (losing everything...BTDT). And yes, if you're under 40, you still have a lot of viable earning years, in which to put some shekels aside.
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I *am* under forty, by a fair bit actually.
However, my poor eyesight often causes people to believe I'm some sort of idiot. In new situations, I can sometimes be slow to act.
I can easily misjudge the height of a doorstep, not see a step in a dark/black floor, or walk head-first into a glass door. Thus if I encounter a situation in which such a thing could happen, I take a few moments to survey my surroundings to make sure I don't make an ass of myself by falling down the stairs or something during a job application.
Also, it take a few moments longer to read a text on screen, especially if it's small and can't be enlarged.
After people understand that I'm near-sighted and not slow-witted, it's mostly fine, but after they find out that I can't drive a car, most job interviews are basically over.
You know what the worst part is?
It's actually in my CV.
"Because of poor eyesight, I am not legally allowed to drive a car."
If people would actually READ THE *ramsay* CV instead of looking for key words only, they would have understood from the beginning, and I would not get job offers for which I find out later that a car is actually required.
Maybe I should also add:
"My eyesight is poor, but I can C# enough to do software engineering."
Maybe I should only talk to recruiters that actually understand that pun.