<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm going to graduate 5 years later than the average. Is this going to make it hard for me to get a job?</p>
<p>No, it doesn’t really matter.</p>
<p>Agreed. It doesn’t matter. (Unless you were in jail or something.)</p>
<p><!~Turning 32 in a couple weeks. Will finally have engineering degree at 33. Not worried one bit.</p>
<p>It’s the money in extra tuition and the money lost by entering the workforce later. With that said, I think it’s overblown by most unless you’re paying full price at an Ivy or Stanford.</p>
<p>5 years is not a big deal. </p>
<p>Now, if you were 40 years old and completing your degree, that would be a different story. Unfortunately for some people, engineering is one of those fields where employers <em>may</em> discreetly profile candidates based on age (technically, this is illegal, but proving it happened may be very difficult). There is an expectation in the industry that you’re either young and inexperienced, or older and experienced. If you happen to fall outside of the norm (i.e. old and inexperienced), it tends to look bad.</p>
<p>Regardless, 5 years is not a big deal.</p>
<p>Ok thanks for the replies but would the new ObamaCare law make it more expensive for employers to hire people that are a few years older?</p>
<p>No…And if you watch the news, it’s delayed, and more than likely will be delayed again. But this is venturing into politics…so I digress.</p>