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> In the study, the researchers sent more than 6,000 fictitious job applications to employers who had posted job ads for administrators, chefs, cleaners, restau

> In the study, the researchers sent more than 6,000 fictitious job applications to employers who had posted job ads for administrators, chefs, cleaners, restaurant assistants, retail sales assistants, business sales agents and truck drivers to then compile the employers’ responses, such as invitations to job interviews. Not trying to be in denial, but all these jobs appear to be blue collar jobs (assuming "administrators" is office admins and not Sys Admins / Network Admins :) . Any data on whether this happens in our Tech / I.T. Industry, where every other month, you read a story on severe shortage of skilled tech workers everywhere?

stevenwoo 9y ago
In the past year there was a (edit 2:) NOT a settlement in one of the age discrimination lawsuits against Google. Got a postcard to notify me I was a member and with info on how to opt in or opt out. (edit 1, I found the link) www.GoogleAgeDiscriminationLawsuit.com
- delroth 9y ago
  Do you have a source on this settlement? As far as I can tell from online searches and the website you linked, the lawsuit is still ongoing.
  - stevenwoo 9y ago
    Made a mistake, should I edit my posting or only put it here? I got a postcard with a deadline of April 4, 2017 to submit an opt in.
tooltalk 9y ago
I have to concur with you. I've been hearing about this death at 40 thing for decades and I think it's a bit blown up, especially in IT field. There were a lot of folks warning about this even during the dot com bubble when there was very severe IT labor shortage. In my 20 year IT career -- and I've worked mostly in tech/finance in the NYC area -- the only downturns I noticed were during the most extreme financial crisis, such as the dot com bubble (2001 -- I was at an internet startup) and the housing crash (2008 - I was at Merrill). Most of my buddies in my age group are doing quite well. Even those non-technical folks who used to complain about the age discrimination two decades when they were in their 20's, are now employed in semi-technical jobs. Now, I'm pretty sure that the age discrimination is real in other industries, but it's still quite difficult to find qualified, experienced candidates in IT, regardless of age.
- user5994461 9y ago
  The finance industry is much nicer than the web industry, when it comes to aging.

stevenwoo 9y ago

In the past year there was a (edit 2:) NOT a settlement in one of the age discrimination lawsuits against Google. Got a postcard to notify me I was a member and with info on how to opt in or opt out. (edit 1, I found the link) www.GoogleAgeDiscriminationLawsuit.com

delroth 9y ago
Do you have a source on this settlement? As far as I can tell from online searches and the website you linked, the lawsuit is still ongoing.
- stevenwoo 9y ago
  Made a mistake, should I edit my posting or only put it here? I got a postcard with a deadline of April 4, 2017 to submit an opt in.

tooltalk 9y ago

I have to concur with you. I've been hearing about this death at 40 thing for decades and I think it's a bit blown up, especially in IT field. There were a lot of folks warning about this even during the dot com bubble when there was very severe IT labor shortage. In my 20 year IT career -- and I've worked mostly in tech/finance in the NYC area -- the only downturns I noticed were during the most extreme financial crisis, such as the dot com bubble (2001 -- I was at an internet startup) and the housing crash (2008 - I was at Merrill). Most of my buddies in my age group are doing quite well. Even those non-technical folks who used to complain about the age discrimination two decades when they were in their 20's, are now employed in semi-technical jobs. Now, I'm pretty sure that the age discrimination is real in other industries, but it's still quite difficult to find qualified, experienced candidates in IT, regardless of age.

user5994461 9y ago
The finance industry is much nicer than the web industry, when it comes to aging.