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Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Post by stetrain »

exhaze wrote: post #19
999900000999 wrote: post #10

You want old finance companies. In fact any company older that 30 probably won't care. I'm not a grey hair yet, but I actively hate startups. We aren't changing the world, we're helping cat photos load 3 milliseconds faster...

> I actively hate startups Have you asked yourself why you hang out on this website given how you feel about startups? Also, is it really fair to apply such a strong statement to all startups? Look at your screen and the browser you're using, the user interface concepts, the computer itself. Where do you think those came from?

"Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."

Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Post by RockRobotRock »

exhaze wrote: post #19
999900000999 wrote: post #10

You want old finance companies. In fact any company older that 30 probably won't care. I'm not a grey hair yet, but I actively hate startups. We aren't changing the world, we're helping cat photos load 3 milliseconds faster...

> I actively hate startups Have you asked yourself why you hang out on this website given how you feel about startups? Also, is it really fair to apply such a strong statement to all startups? Look at your screen and the browser you're using, the user interface concepts, the computer itself. Where do you think those came from?

>Have you asked yourself why you hang out on this website given how you feel about startups?

Maybe they just like technology.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Post by snakeyjake »

I don't know if this is a startup or valley or techbro thing but in my industry there is no ageism that I can detect.

In aerospace they seem to prefer people who know where the bodies are buried, know how to bury bodies, have buried a few bodies themselves, and can instruct others on body burying.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Post by tracker1 »

Lutger wrote: post #18
tracker1 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same as any other $IMMUTABLE_CHARACTERISTIC-friendly company. I would think that any such statements might be mostly meaningless. It's really hard to say. You can't even rely on the apparent age of senior management as a rough guide.

I don't think meaningless is the right word. It would be deeply meaningful for a woman to know if a company is inclusive to her needs, for someone of color to know if a company isn't racist, etc. The information is sensitive and damages companies reputation who are explicitly not on the list. Except maybe, these days, if a company wants to be known for its non-wokeness or such nonsense. Maybe one of Musk companies? H…

If everyone is $foo-friendly, it becomes meaningless... it's mostly marketing at that point. It's the HR side of hot-new-shiny, where consulting companies have a product to sell even if it makes no sense in practical terms.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Post by jejeyyy77 »

999900000999 wrote: post #10

You want old finance companies. In fact any company older that 30 probably won't care. I'm not a grey hair yet, but I actively hate startups. We aren't changing the world, we're helping cat photos load 3 milliseconds faster...

you don't want to make the world a better place by reinventing the way people do email??

Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Post by mepian »

exhaze wrote: post #19
999900000999 wrote: post #10

You want old finance companies. In fact any company older that 30 probably won't care. I'm not a grey hair yet, but I actively hate startups. We aren't changing the world, we're helping cat photos load 3 milliseconds faster...

> I actively hate startups Have you asked yourself why you hang out on this website given how you feel about startups? Also, is it really fair to apply such a strong statement to all startups? Look at your screen and the browser you're using, the user interface concepts, the computer itself. Where do you think those came from?

>Look at your screen

Liquid crystal displays were invented at RCA, an old radio monopoly.

>and the browser you're using

CERN, a government-funded research lab.

>the user interface concepts

SRI, a government-funded research lab, and Xerox, an old copier monopoly.

>the computer itself

ENIAC was a US Army project.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?

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Post by iamthefury »

snakeyjake wrote: post #26

I don't know if this is a startup or valley or techbro thing but in my industry there is no ageism that I can detect. In aerospace they seem to prefer people who know where the bodies are buried, know how to bury bodies, have buried a few bodies themselves, and can instruct others on body burying.

This comment is why I come to HN for the comments and articles, but really just stay for the comments :)
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