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"there are a lot of quite frankly better options where no one's going to think twice about your age" What are those options?
by wilfra 13y ago
"there are a lot of quite frankly better options where no one's going to think twice about your age"
What are those options?
- michaelochurch 13y agoThere's a lot out there that is not in the VC-funded ecosystem. Sure, most corporate jobs are crap whereever one goes, but the odds aren't any worse than in VC-istan, and the ageism problem is less severe. For one example, banking is considered ageist (most people retire by 50-55) by society-at-large standards but no one is going to look askance at you for being 40 and a non-managerial programmer. You should be at least VP by that age (and preferably ED/MD) but you don't have to have reports. One nice thing Wall Street has done for its top (non-managerial) traders and programmers is use the title system to validate non-managerial high performers: you can be a "Managing Director" without having to manage other people. If you're going to have titles, you have to start giving them to engineers... even though a part of me would like to see titles just not exist.
- mahyarm 13y agoThe VC funded company I work at is mostly people in their 30s and 40s with babies and teenage kids. You'll find it more in boring suburban peninsula and san jose companies than SF companies I'm guessing.