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Your team appears to lack diversity with regards to age, and your conclusion makes it sound like that was almost a goal. Older engineers can offer a lot of wisd
by sadness2 7y ago
Your team appears to lack diversity with regards to age, and your conclusion makes it sound like that was almost a goal. Older engineers can offer a lot of wisdom and save a lot of wasted effort
- sadness2 7y agohttps://hbr.org/2018/07/research-the-average-age-of-a-successful-startup-founder-is-45 https://hbr.org/2018/07/research-the-average-age-of-a-succes...
- gwm83 7y agoI'd assume they had a salary boundary that excluded experienced individuals who expected more money.
- bradlys 7y agoSeed stage startup. Extremely likely it's not just salary but also equity. How many highly experienced individuals are going to join a seed stage startup as a regular employee? It's founder or no deal with early startups for most people I know above 40. You join as regular employee - maybe get 1-3% at the high end. Founder? Order of magnitude more.
- draw_down 7y agoI will say that dressing everyone up in the same jacket was a funny way of demonstrating diversity.