Blenkhorn says that once she was back on the job market, the ageism she experienced was compounded by sexism. Despite her profound technical achievements, she w

Blenkhorn says that once she was back on the job market, the ageism she experienced was compounded by sexism. Despite her profound technical achievements, she was dismissed by recruiters as irrelevant and dull, as a “mom.” She recently completed a PhD in computer science and hopes the education will improve her chances in the job market. Which is practically infuriating to read, once you take even a passing glance at her easily findable profile. If recruiters are really saying that about her -- this just shows (yet again) how utterly useless they are at what you would think would be their core function: That is, identifying and promoting technical talent.