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I'm saddened to see Intel has taken a good gulp of the "Young people are smarter"-Kool Aid

• chillwaves 8y ago
  *cheaper
  • shados 8y ago
    This. You're a bean counter and you are tasked with making up as much money as possible via layoff, while losing as few people as possible. You possibly don't even know the age of the people on your spreadsheet beyond what you can assume from titles and roles. You go down the list and cut the big numbers in teams with more people than average (likely more juniors that are mentored by the seniors with big numbers next to their name). End result: you "discriminated" against older people. Though really you just discriminated against higher salaries. It will hurt the company but all layoffs do.
• ihsw2 8y ago
  It is a combination of cost and populism, where younger people are attracted to companies that pander to them and they are willing to accept less pay for more work. It's a fascinating phenomenon and to see identity politics enter this situation is equally fascinating.
  • s2g 8y ago
    > where younger people are attracted to companies that pander to them because older people don't wnat companies that offer better benefits, easier leave for family issues, less hours, etc...? > they are willing to accept less pay for more work in an effort to get ahead and make more for the last 30 working years of their lives, so that when they do have a family at home they can afford it.
• bufferoverflow 8y ago
  It's actually established science that your fluid intelligence drops after hitting 30's, and the skills for certain tasks even earlier. It's sad, but it's dumb to deny biological reality. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SBJ2KTl2f3c/VjPN9JeWLiI/AAAAAAAAVdo/fKBVoZw287o/s1600/Age-decline-in-intelligence.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SBJ2KTl2f3c/VjPN9JeWLiI/AAAAAAAAVd... https://study.com/cimages/multimages/16/adultintelligence.jpg https://study.com/cimages/multimages/16/adultintelligence.jp... https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-496a52a13eaee1e99f39e3c9e4d5ec73-c https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-496a52a13eaee1e99f39e3...
  • smrtinsert 8y ago
    That's why everyone prefers the 25 year old doctor, said no one ever.
    • bufferoverflow 8y ago
      Straw man argument. Being a doctor is not only about fluid intelligence.
      • talmand 8y ago
        I would say any job requires more than just raw intelligence.
      • ageofwant 8y ago
        Being an anything is not only about fluid intelligence. Intelligence, while helpful, is not a good indicator of any metric of success or competence. High childhood intelligence levels are in fact associated with below average adult outcomes - turns out intelligence is paid for with tenacity. Tenacity trumps intelligence as a predictor of adult success.
  • lovich 8y ago
    I don't usually cry for a source in casual conversation, but if you are going to suggest that discriminating against the majority of people,people in their 30s+, then you are going to have to back that up with more than pretty graphs
    • bufferoverflow 8y ago
      I said nothing about discriminating against anybody. Please don't make shit up.
      • deleted 8y ago
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      • lovich 8y ago