>by definition aides aka SPADS (special political advisors) are junior political wonks There must be some misunderstanding. Are you from the UK and unfamiliar

>by definition aides aka SPADS (special political advisors) are junior political wonks There must be some misunderstanding. Are you from the UK and unfamiliar with the USA? To be clear, there is no "by definition" that the office aide sitting next to the President of the USA must be a junior 20-something worker. There is no "junior" in the definition of that role. Theoretically, the gatekeeper desks can be staffed by a 49-year old or a 70-year old elderly person that wants to work at the White House. My point is that the 20-somethings will be favored over older workers in _non-SV_ jobs like that. People keep making the mistake that that ageism is mostly specific to Silicon Valley. It isn't. It's common everywhere in non-computer industries.