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Age discrimination is absolutely a thing, but (and this is only based on anecdata) I would say it is much, much worse in the valley than just about anywhere els
by projectileboy 7y ago
Age discrimination is absolutely a thing, but (and this is only based on anecdata) I would say it is much, much worse in the valley than just about anywhere else. The rest of the world seems to have a less damaged culture.
- nym 7y agoAs someone who ran a startup and worked for several others in the valley, then moved away: I agree.
- rcarmo 7y agoI’m in Portugal and everyone who’s moved their tech hubs here in the past 2 years is only hiring juniors. And we’re talking about a mix of big companies (who ought to know better) and relatively fresh (<5y) startups.
- toper-centage 7y agoBecause juniors in Lisbon will work for peanuts while anyone with more than a year experience knows they can demand a higher salary for living in Lisbon.
- brucehoult 7y agoI'm a 56 year old programmer from New Zealand. I moved to the US to join a hot Silicon Valley RISC-V startup earlier this year. I think the average age of our software team is probably over 50. Certainly the median is. My previous job (and my first ever outside NZ) was working for a multinational electronics company in their Moscow Russia R&D lab, a job I got when I was 52.
- H8crilA 7y agoWorking on semiconductors/electronics is "old tech" that is still very important. It's been around for quite a while. Compare to Fortran or supercomputers. Was important, isn't much so these days, although is still used. What I'm saying is that you got on a train that has been running longer than some other trains, hence you meet older people on the train. As someone who has little interest in management I hope to be as successful as you, in this sense of picking long distance trains.
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