Due to a startup failing I had occasion to do two job searches in the course of a year. For one, I had %100 correlation-- when the call was a video call (Even

Due to a startup failing I had occasion to do two job searches in the course of a year. For one, I had %100 correlation-- when the call was a video call (Even to HR reps who know nothing about technology) I wouldn't get called back. Now I'm not ugly, I'm handsome, but my beard is white. On the other hand, when the contact would be via phone call only, I would get offers. This is with bay area startups. Outside the bay area I can't say... but because I'm not in the bay area and all interaction with them was remote I can say there was a comparison to be made. It's the dipthong startups that are the problem-- these kids these days don't know nothing about technology and believed Mark Zuckerberg on the Startup School stage in 2007 when he said "Don't hire anyone over 30 years old! Young people just get it." (paraphrasing, but I was there, it was obvious he had no understanding of the concept of wisdom.) Anyway, discrimination means you miss out on the best people-- and at least according to my employers, they're pretty grateful to have me. But pebble, digital ocean, and the like... they can't see past the grey beard.