YES ABSOLUTELY
TBH Attitude is far more important than age (and skills)
TBH Attitude is far more important than age (and skills)
I get very tired of comments like this that imply that working at a start-up or software company is somehow "better" than working at other jobs, especially those that require a reasonable level of skill.
Please don't look down on people.
EDIT: Hmm, I suppose the point is that a hairdresser doesn't have the range of skills a start-up should be interested in. But still, it reads poorly.
I think you're mis-reading the intent of my comment
Of course skills matter (I'm unlikely to hire a hair-dresser who has never done anything other than cut hair for a development role - but I have hired "career changers" like this for other roles - like support / sales).
HOWEVER if I'm judging two candidates with suitable (define as you will) skill sets then the one with the better attitude will always get the role
TBH this is even more important when it comes to internal promotions than for initial hiring (but now we're going slightly off topic)
For internal promotions, it's called "being visible" and "managing up", where again, appearance is more important than capability.
I knew what you were trying to get at, but wanted to point out that the sentence that you initially wrote wasn't entirely accurate.
Of course I agree that attitude matters, but skills are certainly important, hence my comment.