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Google will hire loads of young / inexperienced people at non-senior, let them work for 8-10 years (exceeding level expectations but not getting to senior level
by fjdlwlv 10y ago
Google will hire loads of young / inexperienced people at non-senior, let them work for 8-10 years (exceeding level expectations but not getting to senior level), and then let them wash out to a competitor or startup.
But they won't hire someone with 15-20 years of experience as non-senior, and let them do the same. Because of demonstrated trajectory and the belief that a company only needs leaders and future leaders (see also: why Google has so much trouble polishing maintaining products, polish and maintenance requires non-senior-level elbow grease)
Yes, is because if uncertainty, but it has a disparate impact on older/experienced people.
It's not explicit ageism no, but of courses committees arnet explicitly racist and sexist either, yet Google has no problem admiting there is an implicit problem there.
- DannyBee 10y ago"But they won't hire someone with 15-20 years of experience as non-senior, and let them do the same" Because they've already washed out in a sense? I dunno, it seems sensible to me.