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Let's dispense with the facade. Younger employees typically do more for less, and are sought for their energy, flexibility and/or willingness to entertain new i

Let's dispense with the facade. Younger employees typically do more for less, and are sought for their energy, flexibility and/or willingness to entertain new ideas, and not necessarily because they invent the new ideas. It used to be that fast food chains hired teenagers because they could pay them less, and in exchange the kids got to feel like adults usually for the first time, even if the environment was dubious. Startups are running a similar game, only the skills needed are rare enough that the price tag is sky high compared to ordinary jobs, and only because there really have been a few unicorns and the calculated risk of investment in these sorts of salaries is potentially worth the gamble.

ownagefool 9y ago
I'm neither particularly old or young in this context, and whilst I would typically agree that young people put in more hours, I'd argue many of those hours are wasted. Personally I'd rather hire the guy who's already done it and have a lower risk of delivery, but I find that much of the management layer in tech just want someone who'll say yes. They don't see that they're building the wrong thing, or reinviting the wheel, but they often don't care because putting tasks in Jira and them marking them done looks like they're achieving things.