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> Simply look around any tech center company and look around. It’s mostly younger crowd. The graybeards are few and far between and in mostly few senior roles.
by ardy42 6y ago
> Simply look around any tech center company and look around. It’s mostly younger crowd. The graybeards are few and far between and in mostly few senior roles.
> Even transferring to middle management doesn’t help much. The same type of younger crowd are brought in to keep up the appearances. The olds are few and far between in director and up roles.
I think you have to be more specific. I could totally believe that WRT to SV tech startups and other younger companies, but they often seemed focused on fashion and in some cases be places where only the young and stupid would be willing to work.
There are "tech-centered companies that" are different. For instance I work at a company that's basically evolved to be a tech company, and if anything, our development groups skew old.
Personally, I'm still worried more about outsourcing than ageism.
- datavirtue 6y agoI know of a contracting firm that is made up of all senior developers. The rate is very high but people pay it. Many corps laid off FTEs and kept the grizzled old contractors during the pandemic. There is too much work to be done and wrangling young devs to get it done is a nightmare. The greybeards can slot in and start contributing immediately (limited as they come up to speed of course) while new devs (less than ten years) may not have enough previous experience to see a new framework and understand it's scope and what can or should be expected from it.