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I'm over 40 and haven't noticed this at all. If anything the median age in the woodshop classes I took was well above the company's.

Interesting, either times have changed, or, much like Google, you're in a big company and your experience all comes down to the team you join. Either way, great info, thanks!

"shop classes"? like... woodworking?

...and silkscreening - https://www.facebook.com/analoglab/

are you just making this stuff up? it's totally wrong. and if it did happen, there would be a public discussion about it very quickly.

Why don't you ask about this at an all-hands if you're so sure it's never happened or if you're so sure that everything stupid and wrong at large companies like Facebook gets addressed quickly?

I'm actually encouraged to hear others have had a different experience there. But there's plenty of stupid crap I've seen go down as well, much like other large companies. For not everything rises to the level of public discussion rather it becomes yet another papercut leading to the decision to depart.