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Comment by binaryapparatus | Hacker News Reader

This is VERY good analysis, everything else is padding to validate why 40 year old are not good fits.

It is puzzling that most business owners prefer to save their imagined superior position than to get the job done.

Sure I have seen ton of problems (and solved most of them) in 25+ years of carrier and I can be of great help in any startup. My caring for the company and input should be welcomed, not seen as threat.

It seems that most business owners are there because they need to be worshiped, not because they want to run successful business.

Maybe I am too old to understand that new logic.

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Higher-ups and execs don't care if you're mediocre and barely get the job done as long as you kiss their ass and take their low pay to make them look good and get their bonuses.

I understand that to some degree, there always was and will be crappy companies. What I don't get is that great majority (say 95%) of companies I encountered in last ten years were all about 'earning on salaries'.

In the entire hierarchy of the company there has to be somebody that recognizes quality and experience over job barely done (or not at all).

I see companies that prefer gullible as make pretend role playing, there is no money and business is barely moving along but hey at least I am owning something.

Just don't get it I suppose. I did run successful company then sold it at its peak, but it was never about role playing while I was at the top.

I think this attitude gets in the way of finding what is really happening. Are there companies with bad management? Yes, but I think that is generally the exception. As someone who has been a manager and a 'higher up/exec' at various points, I never cared about someones age. I wanted people working for me who could get the job done so I could get my bonus/promotion/whatever. No managers that I know want mediocre or ass kissing, because none of that helps get the job done which is what really leads to more money (through bonuses and advancement).

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