Age discrimination during interviews!?

Mar 29 116 Comments

Many tech companies such as Google, meta, Apple don’t bother to respond to resumes with years of experience and strong talent. I have seen the same job being filled by younger candidates. Do you sense age discrimination?
Yoe: 15
Tc: 350

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  • New / Mktg
    DPMM4Hire

    New Mktg

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    25+ years in tech, 15+ years in product marketing / strategy for companies of all sizes / stages in their evolution. Looking for new opportunity.
    DPMM4Hire
    Age discrimination is very VERY real. I have seen it for at least the past 10 years and it's only getting worse.

    To add insult to injury, many people are attempting to redefine age discrimination such that people who are unqualified/too inexperienced for jobs are crying that they aren't being picked for jobs because they are too young. Sorry but no...

    The worst part is seeing the TCs on here - assuming that the people with < 2 yoe are telling the truth, it makes me nauseous when they say they are getting $250k TC packages and they deserve more. Many people at my age range if they aren't executives would consider that to be a great package and it's still not enough for them? WTF?

    It's beyond frustrating to say the least.
    Mar 30 9
    • @Malwarebytes I really don't see why a day may come when you can't compete. If you keep leetcoding/system design in these many years with real hands-on experience, I don't see why someone with only a few years of YOE can compete with you in the technical interviews.

      So the longer you stay in this game practice leetcode and system design and apply them in real work, less and less people can compete with you. No?
      Apr 2
    • I'm talking about age discrimination catching up to me. I am fortunate not to have experienced that to date, but others I know have. Discrimination is a thing regardless of experience and ability. That's why it's considered discrimination. It's refusing to properly evaluate and weigh the qualifications of another based on preconceived notions.
      Apr 2
  • This is not true at all.
    Mar 29 2
    • New / Mktg
      DPMM4Hire

      New Mktg

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      25+ years in tech, 15+ years in product marketing / strategy for companies of all sizes / stages in their evolution. Looking for new opportunity.
      DPMM4Hire
      👎🤦‍♂️ how old are you?
      Mar 30
    • Fastly
      bwYe82

      Go to company page Fastly

      bwYe82
      Salesforce has an opinion.

      Awesome! /s
      Apr 2
  • New
    nvim

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    nvim
    I sense age discrimination in the opposite direction. Poeple who don’t go for masters and work full time get YOE from the date they graduated. And those who start working full time after bachelors and do masters as well don’t have their YOE counted until they graduate masters. That’s some level 1 logic right there.

    EDIT: it’s not a counter argument to ehat OP said, I just needed an outlet to vent.
    Mar 29 13
    • New
      keo29n

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      keo29n
      You guys are joking right? A person who spends 2 years on a Masters is not even going to be half as productive as someone with 2 years of actual experience.

      The average PhD is going to need hand holding like a junior dev before they can actually put out something production ready.

      School is school and work is work. Sure if you're doing something ultra domain specific academic knowledge can be huge, hence PhDs making huge money at certain companies working on stuff like ML and optics

      But besides that, sorry if someone lied and got you thinking your Masters would help make you money. Academia is academia.
      Apr 3
    • New / Product
      FMLinCA

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      25+ years in tech, 15+ years in product marketing / strategy for companies of all sizes / stages in their evolution. Looking for new opportunity.
      FMLinCA
      It's not some racist plot. Google has a high bar for hiring, so they bring people in at the level they think they should be. They do the same thing with companies they acquire. Being VP engineering at a 5 person company isn't the same as a vp.at an MNC.

      Would it be better if they don't get a job at all? Maybe that would be better.

      Be grateful - seven years at a lower tier company with a broken product doesn't mean they are as good as a company with lots of customers and has scaled properly.

      That being said, it's not that way with marketing people. It's harder to go from 0 to 100M than it is to go from, say 100M to 250M. Companies don't take that into consideration - It's harder to scale up than scale down.
      Apr 3
  • New
    gr33ntr33s

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    gr33ntr33s
    I'm over 40. It's definitely real. I've left off the first 5 years of work experience from my resume for this very reason.
    Mar 31 7
    • New
      gr33ntr33s

      New

      gr33ntr33s
      I'm approaching 42 and have felt this in the last couple of years. I am now in an executive role at a small company and pretty much have to stay there (at this level) because I won't get hired as an IC in a larger company now.
      Apr 1
    • New / Product
      krushgroov

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      krushgroov
      Hey, I know I’m resurrecting a nearly month old post, but did that help? I was afraid doing so with my first job — 7.5 years for me — would come back to bite me somehow.
      Yesterday
  • Airbnb
    🥓 & 🥃

    Go to company page Airbnb

    🥓 & 🥃
    Don’t you know that once you hit 35 you’re supposed to be a unicorn CEO?
    40 you’re supposed to be retired in Malta.
    45 you’re supposed to be throwing money at start ups to see which one sticks.
    50 you’re a “boomer” and supposed to be in a nursing home not bothering the younguns.
    Get with the program! /s
    Mar 31 0