> in the meritocracy I beg to differ. How many 'hot start-ups' are hiring experienced developers in their 50's vs. 20-somethings? If we're going to discriminat

> in the meritocracy I beg to differ. How many 'hot start-ups' are hiring experienced developers in their 50's vs. 20-somethings? If we're going to discriminate on things other than merit, we're not in a meritocracy. Your experience may differ, but it's also just anecdotal. > There was a fascinating ted talk awhile ago about how standardized tests, contrary to being useless as often ascribed by the left, can predict lifetime outcomes such as wages, being published in a journal, level of academic attainment, and so on. Assuming that this is correct, there will still be outliers (people that score poorly, but are still very successful). At the same time, the "kids that are too smart for school" are also outliers. You're entire argument, in my opinion, comes across as "I am in group of outliers X, therefore we all need to optimize everything for people in group X."