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I don't think you want to work in a place where they care about such things.
by duderific 10y ago
I don't think you want to work in a place where they care about such things.
- tyingq 10y agoNot all bias is conscious, or intentional. The hair dye may not be a bad idea, just temporarily, during the search. Get a pro though, obvious shoe polish color is, er, obvious.
- to_bpr 10y agoWould one not have to keep up the dyeing if hired then? You don't think they'll notice a rapid change to grey?
- tyingq 10y agoThey'll notice, yes. Anecdotal, but my experience is that age discrimination tends to mostly manifest at hire time. They think you're too expensive before even throwing numbers. Or too rigid, etc. Things that shouldn't be an issue once you're there.
- duderific 10y agoAs a 48 year old developer with a lot of gray hair...I've never seen anyone with dyed hair where it wasn't pretty obvious. To me it makes you seem a bit desperate.
- tyingq 10y agoThat's the thing though, if it was done well, you didn't see it. Ask a few women, that already trust you, if they dye their gray... especially the ones you think don't.
- mark-r 10y agoEven if they don't explicitly avoid older people, there are biases that they might apply that they're not even aware of.