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There is some karma here at least, as those 20 year olds who establish a culture of age discrimination will themselves become old and be discriminated against.
by Buttons840 8y ago
There is some karma here at least, as those 20 year olds who establish a culture of age discrimination will themselves become old and be discriminated against.
- jerf 8y agoMy go-to argument against age discrimination on those occasions when I see a ~20-25-year-old in my area spout the idea that the old fogies just can't keep up with those hot young whippersnappers is to ask them point blank, "do you honestly see yourself not getting any better and learning anything in the next ten or twenty years? You seriously believe that you are, right now, as good as you will ever be?" It occurs to me as I write this out right now that I should also add "If so, please put me in contact with your manager as I'm sure they will be overjoyed to hear that you do not ever expect to deserve a raise, and, indeed, expect to be paid progressively less over the next few years as your skills rot away and you become steadily less effective." It doesn't help that as near as I can tell, the undergraduate computer science education has barely changed in the 20-25 years since I took it. This is generally a good thing, not a criticism; it shouldn't be chasing every fresh hot trend, that's not its job. But if the fresh young whippersnappers are supposed to be picking up the hot skillz that will put this 20+-year veteran to shame, it's not clear to me exactly where they are supposed to be getting these hot skillz from. It certainly isn't from their undergraduate education.
- geoka9 8y agoThey'll all be rich by that age and won't need to work.