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Ask HN: Are you hiring IT professionals over 35s? Leave the details below

22 pointsleonagano15 comments

Why would you decide ahead of time the demographic of people you want to hire? Isn’t that restricting your hiring pool? Why not let anyone apply and hire the most qualified candidates who are the best fit for your needs at the time?

Is anyone not hiring “over 35s?”

As different articles mentioned, ageism in tech begins around 35. The idea is to help companies already looking for diversity.

According to those articles, subtle wordings like ninja, tech-native, etc are excluding older professionals of applying for jobs.

A whole discussion about the theme here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252097

> ninja, tech-native

I'm <30 and I have no idea what those things mean, nor do I think I've seen it. Maybe I glossed over it while laughing at some craziest hiring requirements drafted up by someone who obviously have no idea what they need.

Wow, 35 is apparently where the ageism begins - that's scary. It's almost like we're all professional athletes where the lifespan of ones playing career typically ends in your 30's - then maybe you go into broadcasting (or analogously management).

We don't get paid like athletes though

We do. There are only a few hundred professional athletes making millions a year. Look at all the tech millionaires. Compare that to the hundreds of thousands lower league athletes who make shit. Or just in less popular sports where you might get a few thousand a year in sponsor support.

That is no excuse for ageism but being an athlete is financially really shit except for a super tiny minority

Agreed, not to mention the beating your body and (depending on the sport) brain take.

Tech lead here. Truth be told, when I screen resumes, I never actually look at the age in the profile of candidates. Even during face to face interviews, I don't even ask. I only get to know how old they are when we hire them just because we're getting to know each other then on a personal level. We still prioritize skill, competency and attitude over age, sex, or even education. Doesn't matter how young and old you are.

We're hiring: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/job/105991BR?+refId=...

P.S Well, the 'Education' section there is something the HR guys just came up with. :) When the application reaches me, doesn't really matter.

Will send a newsletter this week and your opportunity is included in there

So if you entered into the workforce in your 20s around 2010, you are now edging nearing the end of your career?

A solid what the fuck?

If you are hiring, leave your name, job opportunity, diversity links, etc

We are building a newsletter to send opportunities from companies fighting the ageism in tech

https://noageismintech.com/

What are "diversity links" ?

Sorry, I meant hyperlinks to diversity articles on company's blog, if exists

Ah okay. Thanks for clarifying.

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