It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley

Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by boto3 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @01:55PM (#12455374)

amen to that, older engineers would require higher salaries (due to the need to support family, to pay mortgage, etc.), and would not be able to put in the same number of hours. So if you can't demonstrate that you provide more values than the younger guns, why would an employer want to hire older engineers?

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Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by refractiveco on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:04PM (#12455470)

In theory the more experience you have the fewer hours you would need to put in. You've solved all the common problems engineers face 10 times before.

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Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by new_hackers on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:09PM (#12455519)

This.

I've found the need to be a 60+ hour hero means that you don't really know what you are doing.

The guy who goes home early on Fridays, that is the guy who knows his stuff.

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Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by minipci1321 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:23PM (#12456392)

> means that you don't really know what you are doing.

Or spending too much time in the calls instead of doing the damn thing. Or counting handling the email client as work hours.

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Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by spoonie on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:15PM (#12455598)

I'm sorry but having higher costs is not a good reason to ask for a higher salary. You can be young and still have a family and mortgage. An employee would be foolish to ask for a raise just because they bought a house.

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Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by tonyedgecombe on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:13PM (#12455564)

They won't require older salaries if they can't get a job elsewhere, only because their skills are in demand and useful.

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