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age diversity would be interesting as well
by steele 12y ago
age diversity would be interesting as well
- reddog 12y agoIndeed. I would bet my last dollar that its workforce is skewed hugely, disproportionately young. And there are no convenient they-just-aren't-majoring-in-CS excuses for this either. Lots of 50 year old engineers with years of training and experience are looking for work.
- kps 12y agoI work for Google (though not in Silly Valley) and see no obvious sign of age discrimination here. I was 46 when hired.
- skj 12y ago(approximate) ages on my team at Google: 26, 32 (me), 35, ~55, ~60, ~70.
- purringmeow 12y agoWow, a 70 year old engineer?!
- Erwin 12y agoKen Thompson is 71: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson and he still has quite a go at programming.
- groby_b 12y agoApproximate ages on my team: A bunch of 20 year olds, a slightly lesser bunch of 30 year olds, and an even smaller bunch of 40 year olds. So far, I think none of us have reached 50. That's due to lack of candidates, same as with women. (And yes, there's outreach for that area too) If you know experienced engineers looking for a job, please send them our way.
- laluser 12y agoWhy is this surprising? CS is a relatively young major compared to other engineering degrees. Also, I would bet that a large majority of CS degrees have been handed out in the last 20 years. Probably more skewed towards the last 10.
- nl 12y agoI don't have the statistics, but my impression from the Googlers I interact with is that they are generally older than the average developer.
- xienze 12y agoAge diversity? Come on man, that's not important. What's really important is making sure Google isn't publicly lambasted for having too many white men on their staff.