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From everything I've seen, heard, and read on HN, the Bay Area isn't really big on tolerance. It's big on virtue signaling specific kinds of tolerance towards
by antisthenes 8y ago
From everything I've seen, heard, and read on HN, the Bay Area isn't really big on tolerance.
It's big on virtue signaling specific kinds of tolerance towards certain groups, but that's about where it ends. Apparently people past middle age aren't one of those groups.
Sorry if that sounds harsh, but those are my observations as a 3rd party - I have no skin in the game.
- city41 8y agoI think it depends on the type of company. I've never worked at a startup but it wouldn't surprise me if they tend to avoid older workers. I work for a larger company in the Bay Area and there are plenty of older workers (myself included). Anecdotally I've also known of older workers succeeding at other large Bay Area companies.
- gaius 8y agoApparently people past middle age aren't one of those groups. If Zuck had said whites or Asians or men “are just smarter” he would have been flayed alive, but he was (is?) brazenly ageist and not a murmur. That’s Silly Valley in a nutshell.
- datavirtue 8y agoDon't worry...he will be old soon.
- gaius 8y agoLaughing into his billions while his age cohort struggles thanks to people like him.