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Of course it is anecdotal. It has to be. There is no official, legal definition of diversity consideration in hiring. Nor is there any universal culture of appl
by purple-dragon 10y ago
Of course it is anecdotal. It has to be. There is no official, legal definition of diversity consideration in hiring. Nor is there any universal culture of applying it to hiring programmers.
Edit: I certainly understand that this type of discrimination occurs... I just don't think that age is typically an active consideration for companies with mature/experienced management. We all know that "not a good culture fit" can be code for things both fair and unfair.
- jacquesm 10y ago> I just don't think that age is typically an active consideration for companies with mature/experienced management. That's spot on, now you have to wonder how many companies have such management and how many - unfortunately - do not.
- cauterized 10y agoNeither are race or gender an active consideration for the vast majority of hiring managers. Just because it isn't among the criteria that they actively apply when filtering candidates doesn't mean the bias doesn't exist.
- purple-dragon 10y agoThis issue isn't whether is exists or not (I think it does exist), but that it isn't likely to "qualify for diversity consideration" (whatever that means). Maybe there are scenarios where companies have comparable candidates and need a "tie-breaker", but that's not my experience. Adding someone new to the mix is a big decision for us (small) engineering teams. There's no room for us to award points for circumstances unrelated to job fit and performance.