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More appropriate example: Developer A - Works for BigCorporate as a ruby dev, left university 5 years ago Developer B - Works for the same BigCorporate as a r
by Peroni 14y ago
More appropriate example:
Developer A - Works for BigCorporate as a ruby dev, left university 5 years ago
Developer B - Works for the same BigCorporate as a ruby dev, left university 4 years ago
If BigCorporate decided to advertise a new ruby role that specified a minimum of 5 years experience, would Developer B be less capable of fulfilling the role? Technically Developer B is under-qualified as a direct result of their age.
- jiggy2011 14y agoNot necessarily, much harder to prove a direct link to age. It's plausible that Developer B had more experience due to either not going to university and working as a ruby dev , or perhaps doing freelance ruby work whilst at university. It's also plausible that Developer A worked for a corporation as a Java/Python/Whatever dev for X years and would not qualify despite being older. So it doesn't necessarily discriminate based on a person's age, any more than requiring a university degree will generally discriminate against people under 21. In the driving license example, you must be 17 or older to hold a driving license in the UK. Therefor by requiring 10 years of holding one you are literally barring any person under 27 from the job.