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devils advocate reasons to avoid older tech job seekers: 1. they are less pliable. they have experience st other companies and typically want to keep doing stu
by oculusthrift 8y ago
devils advocate reasons to avoid older tech job seekers:
1. they are less pliable. they have experience st other companies and typically want to keep doing stuff the way they did at their previous company. it’s a lot more work to make someone unlearn bad habits than teach them good ones
2. If you have 20+ years of experience you should really be at the management or architect level. if you’re still a typical engineer (even senior) it may indicate a defect.
3. Our company wants people to work insane hours and maybe your family prevents that
- biztos 8y agoadversarial advocate: 1. your idea of good habits resists logical scrutiny, and more experienced workers might bring this to light. 2. many people never advance into positions of broader responsibility, and if you're hiring for a dev job this is not a bad thing. (also, cf. real-world corporate engineering vs. management ladders) 3. if your company is open about its insane hours and compensates accordingly, candidates who aren't cool with it will self-deselect.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoThe devil has plenty of advocates already. "2. If you have 20+ years of experience you should really be at the management or architect level. if you’re still a typical engineer (even senior) it may indicate a defect." This is absolute crap; not wanting to be in management because you don't have the skillset for it is not a defect. This idea needs to die a painful death.