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I have a hard time seeing why she thinks the problem is her gender.

What about her skills? Her personality? Her past achievements?

And while the other one says "Older men don’t want to report to young females!", why is it the gender that pops out? What about young?

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Because he was happy to join the company reporting to her co-founder, who seems to be about the same age as she is (early 30s). And as I've pointed out above, he had already accepted the position, started attending company meetings, and then pulled out a few days before he was due to take up his full-time duties.

With a bump in pay and position.

He could have obtained that by simply saying 'you're great, I love working with you, but I'm being offered more elsewhere.' He'd still have been reporting to a co-founder, not a junior employee. I find it weird that people insist on discounting this factor.

Because it's true. Older men don't like to report to younger people in general, but are more okay with younger men than younger women.

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