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Then show us all these age-discriminated people that are out of work. For an imaginary problem it sure has a lot of press: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012

• SamReidHughes 12y ago
  Have you ever been involved in hiring people? As an interviewer, or resume filterer, or whatever. Was there an unusually large supply of qualified old people? If systematic, career-limiting age discrimination is putting people out of work in tech, I'd expect a bunch of good older candidates on the job market -- but I didn't see that, at a startup in the bay area and a big company in Boston. Certainly some companies would be nauseating to anybody that isn't a gross manchild, believe me, I feel it! But the articles you link have anecdotes and fallacies, like citing the average age of employees as evidence -- any rapidly growing company will soak up employees that have recently relocated to the area, and they'll be younger.
  • angersock 12y ago
    Hey, there's a lot of factors involved--especially in Houston, for example, the age distribution from people fleeing aerospace is skewed. You just asked for numbers and stories, so I found you numbers and stories.