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Ask HN: Stuck in Switzerland

I recently moved to Switzerland to be with my partner, who has a great job in a multinational company. I have a Ivy-league PhD in Statistics/ML and extensive experience in development, also as a startup founder (unfortunately not very successfully... but, hey, at least I gave it a shot). After 1 year, I'm still looking for a job. I strongly suspect he main issue is my age: I'm approaching 50 and - although it's illegal - in Switzerland age discrimination is tolerated. Very often job applications must contain the applicant's photo, which may bring discrimination to a different level. Anyway, I'm not going to try and change the system, I'll just hold tight for a couple of years and eventually leave this country. In the meanwhile, I'm trying to get a job at Starbucks or something similar, but I'm obviously over-qualified. What should I do? Should I lie and fake my CV, delete my LinkedIn profile?
2 points brownich 8 years ago 9 comments

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