Glad to see things taking off via HN community. Keep up the good work.
Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
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#22Woah - did I miss the announcement that old is now 35 and above? Given the working range of professional engineers in the SF field, it sad that its not easier to invert the problem and build a Young-Fun-and-Full-of-Recent-Academic-Course-Material-Jobs.com.
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#23One of the reasons I want to work on OldGeekJobs is because I’ve experienced ageism first-hand. I’m only 37 years old, but I was rejected by a startup of twenty somethings a few months back.
Ahh - that first painful moment of, "Wait a second, I'm too young to be the victim of age discrimination!"
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#24I really like how the author posted the fake pricetag before spending time implementing payment processing - easy way to verify people will pay for it, low cost of experimentation. I've heard of other companies using similar strategies like a/b testing features that don't exist yet to figure out what they should build next.
Congrats!
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#25All new job listing sites should follow the lead of AngelList and StackOverflow, and include a salary field.
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#26Congrats for doing this and writing so honestly about it! But why only $1000? There are 134 "green" jobs * $50 which would be $6700. Or the Stripe integration was added that much later on?
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#27I wonder if the problem is specific to ageism in individual contributor roles. I've worked at a few startups where maybe 1/3 of the product team was over 40, but I can only think of two coworkers over 40 who didn't have any direct reports. Do we find ourselves wondering why an individual hasn't "advanced" to a management position after 10+ years?
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#28I wish folks like Bray had championed this cause 20 years ago. It may not have done much, but... it feels a bit weird to hear old people complain about discriminatory impact. I can't say he was a contributing factor to the ongoing 'youth culture', but... it wasn't hard to see this coming.
My situation may be somewhat unique, in that I've had grey hair since I was 18. Not a HUGE amount at 18, but... people noticed. By the time I was in my mid 20s, it was definitely noticeable - more pepper than salt still, but noticeable. By 30... there's a fair amount of grey showing. Early 30s I've got people thinking I look good for being in my late 40s (had that more than a couple times).
But when it came to interviewing and opportunities, I was already feeling the age stigma in my late 20s. "Not a cultural fit" - not even in silicon valley mind you.
Had someone interviewing me - early 30s - said "well your resume only goes back about 12 years or so, what were you doing before that?" "High school". "Whoah..." - later found out he's assumed I was mid 40s.
Could I dye my hair? Yeah, but.. it's a pain, and... other parts of me will get old too. Not worth it - want to get hired based on ability, etc.
What's sad is to hear about the mid 30s folks wanting to get plastic surgery to look younger, which just validates and perpetuates the continuous youth culture. May not be possible to fight it at the Facebooks and Googles of the world, but it shouldn't be this bad...
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I tried to launch my e-commerce MVP with a Show HN but didn't get far. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12708181 Going to try resubmitting.
Yeah, but have you noticed a ton of articles on HN complaining about the problem that you fix? That's the difference here.
Now that I think about it, I've seen a bunch of complaints on HN about Amazon having fake goods for sale (most recently https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12743316, but it comes up pretty much every time there's an article remotely related to Amazon). Maybe I should mention something about how we're only sourcing from legitimate suppliers like retailers or direct from manufacturers, which might alleviate that issue. It's definitely not the main problem I'm trying to solve, which is the amount of time good deal-hunting takes. (Price comparison, coupons, taxes, plus around a dozen other considerations).
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#30Woah - did I miss the announcement that old is now 35 and above? Given the working range of professional engineers in the SF field, it sad that its not easier to invert the problem and build a Young-Fun-and-Full-of-Recent-Academic-Course-Material-Jobs.com.
I don't think that age is old, I find I rather have people who are experienced more important than age. If you have skill, I could care less if you're 80, so long as you get results and share your insights. I've learned plenty from those who are developers for longer amounts of time than me.
A real issue is targeting jobs for people who don't live in places that are known tech hubs. It took me knowing the right person to finally get a 'real job' in the field, and I only got it a few months ago (less than 2) I honestly don't know what I could of done otherwise, I've applied at a number of places and only ever got maybe one email back.