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Why don't you start a software company that takes advantage of this market inefficiency by hiring people over 40? Why don't these unhirable 40-somethings band
by SamReidHughes 8y ago
Why don't you start a software company that takes advantage of this market inefficiency by hiring people over 40? Why don't these unhirable
40-somethings band together and start a consulting agency?
- mikelevins 8y agoYou mean, respond to clandestine illegal age discrimination by openly advertising illegal age discrimination?
- SamReidHughes 8y agoLegal age discrimination, in fact. Or you could not discriminate. You'll have no problem slurping up all these high quality 40-50-somethings on the job market, right?
- mikelevins 8y agoForgive my ignorance; it's legal in the US to discriminate on the basis of age as long as you're preferring candidates older than a given age, rather than younger?
- SamReidHughes 8y agoAs long as you aren't discriminating against people over 40.
- mikelevins 8y agoI'll have to look into it. I'm an old fart myself, mostly self-employed since my mid 40s (because it suddenly got way harder to get hired as an employee), and I know a bunch of other old farts who are smart and have good skills. Thanks for the idea.
- skinnymuch 8y agoBecause that’s illegal?
- SamReidHughes 8y agoAge discrimination is illegal only in one direction in America (federally, at least).