VP of Engineering - "best of the best" = no more than 12 years experience? • Hacker News Board

Post by justinY » Tue, Jul 16, 2013, 6:38 AM UTC

qnk wrote: post #9

I am not a lawyer, but is this not illegal in the U.S.? Checking The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website[1], it says under the "PROHIBITION OF AGE DISCRIMINATION" section: (e) Printing or publication of notice or advertisement indicating preference, limitation, etc. [1] http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adea.cfm

500friends founder/CEO here.

It's not that people with 12+ years of experience are not as good. We were trying to screen out candidates (many of them who are smart) but have been "managers" for so long that they can't get their hands dirty and solve issues themselves (something you have to do at a very small team).

Don't take my word for it, 26% of people on our team are older than 38. If you're bored, check out some of their bios at 500friends.com/team

Admittedly however, this was not clear in our post, and it has since been edited.

Thanks!!

Post by bjpcjp » Tue, Jul 16, 2013, 11:47 AM UTC

justinY wrote: post #147

bjpcjp wrote: post #51

Speaking on behalf of a LOT of people - F 500friends and the under-30 horse they rode in on.

Brian, In our original job post, we had specified that the ideal candidate would, "not have more than 12 years of MANAGEMENT experience." We UNDERSTAND that this could be misunderstood to indicate that we do not value experienced people. As you can see from the seniority in our team however, this is far from the truth. The intent here was to indicate that we are looking for a "hands-on" VP of Engineering. Someone who…

Update

Justin, thanks for the private reply as well. Props for the consistent and genuine efforts at damage control.

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