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Not to worry, many of the youts that started with HN are now seeing the other side of not being a culture fit. But what's to stop a bunch of experienced olds f

• ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
  I think that's happened, a number of times. There was a survey, not too long ago, that (I think) said that most successful startups, were comprised of generally older folks. However, I like working with younger folks. I enjoy the enthusiasm and creativity. I can provide some structure and help to unwind some of the problems we face, but there's a lot to be said for heterogenous teams. It's just that, given their preference, people like working with others, that don't challenge them, so you have teams of olds, yutes, women, men, etc. I worked for a couple of decades, in a company that had very heterogenous teams (people think Japanese companies are a bunch of old men, but I have found that not to be the case). I feel that, in those teams, the "olds" had a bit too much authority (I was a yute), but it was educational. I got used to being in environments where I wasn't the smartest person in the room, and I got challenged a lot. Not comfortable, but we did do some interesting stuff.