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You don't need a PhD to understand that young people (what we call millennials this generation) are easy to manipulate. Their lack of experience makes then ripe
by tomtomAmazon 11y ago
You don't need a PhD to understand that young people (what we call millennials this generation) are easy to manipulate. Their lack of experience makes then ripe to work for startups. Hiring 'older' workers will only bring more challenges since they are more likely to question and challenge false idols. There are exceptions of course, having older folks who also believe the hype and feed it to the younger kids works great to produce the startup echo chamber. Once the leadership is in place you want to recruit people who are more likely to drink the Kool aid. This is not rocket science. A prime example is the military.
- chillingeffect 11y agoUnderrated post. Additionally, younger people have fewer familial commitments, less to lose, fewer mortgages, so outrageous overtime is easier to extract.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI considered spending time writing an app to help startup workers report labor abuse (excessive unpaid overtime, etc), but then realized it'd be a waste due to what I'd consider Stockholm syndrome ("you want me to report someone changing the world? Helping me get rich??").
- leroy_masochist 11y agoFWIW, most of my lance corporals when I was a platoon commander in the Marines (average age ~20) were more inquisitive and freer thinkers than the engineers at the tech unicorn where I used to work (average age ~25). That's just one data point though. YMMV.
- spitfire 11y agoThey were trained to be inquisitive. Silicon valley socializes to not rock the boat. Boyd FTW.
- logingone 11y agoMakes sense. These days the inquisitive hacker stereotype is no longer relevant, diluted by the masses flocking to the tech fad ("hacker" now redefined to replace "code monkey", so cool) which in turn results in the tech industry having more fads as it comprises mostly people with a tendency to jump on a fad.
- huherto 11y agoPerhaps if you have a solid business model you don't need them to drink the Kool aid ? Is hype an indication of that?