E.g. something like that https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs but for being actively anti-ageist or at least not bothered by one's age?
Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
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#2In the United States, any ageism will usually exist at an administrative/personal level. Age is an equal-opportunity attribute that cannot be legally discriminated against, so on paper all of them will technically claim to be "friendly". I don't know how you'd really compile a list like that any more than you'd make a "junior friendly" hiring list.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
#3In the United States, any ageism will usually exist at an administrative/personal level. Age is an equal-opportunity attribute that cannot be legally discriminated against, so on paper all of them will technically claim to be "friendly". I don't know how you'd really compile a list like that any more than you'd make a "junior friendly" hiring list.
Anecdotal evidence from people already working there. It's not a list of companies breaking the law but the inverse. A list of companies that we know from inside that they are fully OK with older age. This is to save aged job seekers time dealing with the rest that will fail them deeper in the interview process once they figure out they are older.
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#4we may have to start our own.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
#5In the United States, any ageism will usually exist at an administrative/personal level. Age is an equal-opportunity attribute that cannot be legally discriminated against, so on paper all of them will technically claim to be "friendly". I don't know how you'd really compile a list like that any more than you'd make a "junior friendly" hiring list.
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.
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#6Avalara didn't seem to be overtly ageist. Plenty of kids in their 30s. Smattering of tech workers in their 50s. They seem to be off-shoring most of their tech work though.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
#7we may have to start our own.
Graybeard Consulting, LLC
edit: there are actually similar named companies that exist.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
#8I think there's less ageism in Europe - I'm German and in Germany and I don't hear the same stories as on HN about that. Pay is lower, though.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
#9Avalara didn't seem to be overtly ageist. Plenty of kids in their 30s. Smattering of tech workers in their 50s. They seem to be off-shoring most of their tech work though.
I just looked at their careers page. Dozens of engineering jobs but only in India
Re: Ask HN: Is there a list of grey-hair-friendly IT companies?
#10You 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...