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did you not get applicants older than 30?
by jonnycomputer 7y ago
did you not get applicants older than 30?
- theworld572 7y agothey weren't good culture fits
- xen2xen1 7y agoInteresting. You noticed that too huh?
- mac_was 7y agoThey prefer inexperienced, 'cheap' workforce ;) Joking obviously! I now a great dev under 30s! Not me...
- rapfaria 7y agoWould you work in a company with no one older than 30?
- fernandotakai 7y agoi don't judge people by their age -- i've had absolutely amazing young coworkers and crazy shitty older ones (and the other way around). i would 100% work at a place with younger people AND at a place with older people. it all depends on how the company's culture handled all this. (and why you are interviewing the company as much as the company is interviewing you).
- davidw 7y agoThe ideal thing is a mix that is somewhat representative of the population at large. It's good to have different perspectives and attitudes and experience. Sometimes lack of experience to question 'why we do it that way', but it's also usually good to have someone who knows that we do it that way not "because", but because doing it another way can lead to subtle problems that are hard to diagnose.
- Dirlewanger 7y agoIf: * the pay is great * work/life balance is sane * the CEO/your direct manager has a family/children then of course.
- crispyporkbites 7y agoOne of those 3 things is different to the others
- driverdan 7y ago> the CEO/your direct manager has a family/children Why would that matter?
- lubujackson 7y agoNot the poster, but I assume the idea is because a company of only young people often don't consider or understand the limitations/responsibilities of family life. Once you have kids, suddenly "corporate weekend trips!" and "hackathon all-nighters!" and even "beers after work on Friday!" become complicated commitments that require adjustments from the whole family. With a couple family-havers in the mix there is usually more acceptance of the work-life divide, or even that one exists (or should).
- tathougies 7y agoBecause he goes home at night and has stuff to do thats not work and he isnt jealous of you for having that. Worst managers I ever worked for are divorced (and to an extent single) and hate seeing happily married employees
- collinstevens 7y agoI don't think they had any applicants over 25 by the pictures. Funny how that works out. Probably not a culture fit.
- joshyg 7y agoI am the first employee and I am over 30, I guess Im looking good!
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- fishtacos 7y agoSo 31? Judging by your spamming this article's comments, i suspect so.
- mamurphy 7y agoTwo comments, both directly replying about his age to separate claims that no one is over 30, is "spamming?" And from this you can predict his age? Seriously?
- dang 7y agoPersonal attacks aren't allowed on HN. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here? We're trying to avoid having an internet mudslide and need everyone's help.
- sergiotapia 7y agoEverybody looks so young haha, I say this as a 29 year old.
- kazinator 7y agoPart of it may be that you pretty much have to be under 30 to think that an online image or video editor is a good idea.
- the-pigeon 7y agoWhy? I'm 30+ and would love a good online image editor. All of the ones I've used over the years do something to make them inconvenient. Granted my use case is doing minor modifications to graphics on occasion. But it's not like everyone that needs photo editing wants to have to install an app on their machine. And there's nothing about photo editing that a web browser can't do fairly effectively these days. Video editing is definitely tricky but something like Windows Movie Maker I can see working well in a browser. But not anything for professionals.
- whyawut 7y agoThe best online image editor is definitely photopea, https://www.photopea.com https://www.photopea.com Full psd Photoshop compatibility and everything.
- logfromblammo 7y agoAnd also not realize that Gimp and Blender exist.
- itronitron 7y agorecipe for disruptive startup ... identify existing and free 'native' application, select three features from application and implement as web-app/SaaS, host in cloud, sell subscription.
- codesushi42 7y agoYeah, let's sell something with even less features than the free alternative. Sounds like a winning game plan.
- turbinerneiter 7y agoExperienced people ask for experienced people salaries and for experienced people job security.
- driverdan 7y agoAnd experienced people will generate more value for the company than their salary. Having an inexperienced team is a great way to waste a lot of time. Having a good mix of experience levels is the best balance between wasted time and financial costs.
- turbinerneiter 7y agoSure. Still, you might not be able to afford their salary and they migth have different job security expectations. Not all start-ups live in VC lala-land. Also, experienced people usually don't jump for your entry level dev position. They are changing jobs to advance their career. In a start-up, you might not even have the positions they are looking for.
- dagw 7y agoNot always true. I've worked with several older people who were willing to take a pay cut to get to work on something they where more interested in. Especially if they felt their existing career path had stalled out.
- robbrit 7y agoFrom my experience hiring in startups (and personal life experience, having left the startup world at 28), over-30s have higher salary requirements than startups can afford. It's not even just a Bay Area thing; in pretty much all markets you pay a premium for experience.
- mlthoughts2018 7y agoIf you can’t afford the salary required to hire the right people, then you’re not a start-up, you’re a side project looking to rip other people off by suckering them into accepting meaningless equity. The ageism stems from having a harder time suckering older applicants. It’s disingenuous to use language making it sounds like the older candidates’ requirements are “too high.” It’s not about that. It’s about who can this self-absorbed start-up sucker.
- PorterDuff 7y agoI think I'd be happy to work on something interesting for crummy money. The trick is the interesting part.
- systemtest 7y agoI'd rather take more money, retire in my 30s and work on my personal projects from that point on.
- PorterDuff 7y agoIf I was 30+ years younger, I would consider that. One problem is being old school enough that it's darned difficult to work for free.
- robbrit 7y agoDownside is that a lot of startups are not that interesting. They're just filling a business niche.
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