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"The seven companies with the youngest workers, ranked from youngest to highest in median age, were Epic Games (26); Facebook (28); Zynga (28); Google (29); and
by psyklic 13y ago
"The seven companies with the youngest workers, ranked from youngest to highest in median age, were Epic Games (26); Facebook (28); Zynga (28); Google (29); and AOL, Blizzard Entertainment, InfoSys, and Monster.com (all 30). According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only shoe stores and restaurants have workers with a median age less than 30."
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/technology-workers-are-young-really-young/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/technology-workers-...
Of course, it depends on the company/product/founders/etc.
- Irishsteve 13y agoAlso consider many of these companies didn't exist 10 years ago. Total generalisation, but its perhaps unlikely that an older person will join a startup for a whole bunch of reasons. Primary one being "This google thing will never take off" :-)
- nanijoe 13y agoMost of them did exist 10 years ago, and most of the young people who joined them then are all not so young anymore