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My guess is that as "our" generation ages, age discrimination will subside greatly. There are a few factors I think currently contributing to the the current ag
by imjk 13y ago
My guess is that as "our" generation ages, age discrimination will subside greatly. There are a few factors I think currently contributing to the the current age discrimination practices that are unique. First is that the consumer web is relatively young and that our generation was the first to adopt it on a mass scale. And second, the most prominent and visible tech success stories of the past decade have revolved around social media, in which the most innovative products were heavily driven by younger demographics. This is still true; the more "innovative" social media products, or most widely adopted (ie Instagram, Snapchat, etc) are still heavily driven by younger demographic users. In these cases, it was important to have employees get the product, which seemed to be most adopted early by "our" young generation. I think as we move past the social media dominant consumer web, we'll see less of this age discrimination.
- waterlesscloud 13y agoConsumer web is 20 years old. Those engineers in their late 40s / early 50s invented the thing.
- sizzle 13y agobut do they understand the culture of the generation below them well enough to successfully capture market share? I'd argue that most older people are clueless to the rapidly changing millennial culture.
- baldeagle 13y agoIf: A) technology is accelerating B) the bar for status quo keeps lowering through enabling technologies C) only people that grew up in the new 'system' will be fluid at it Then: A) most of the new ideas will come from a newer and newer cohort B) age-ism will become even more prevalent
- sizzle 13y agoDo you see phenomenon A and B occurring today?