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Re:Too Much Experience to Be Hired? Some Older Americans Fac... by Retric on Saturday March 25, 2017 @04:21PM (#13957389)
Years in the stack of choice is almost the worst possible choice when looking for people. Someone with 20 years _ learned stuff during that time period unless they are a drooling idiot.

The most practical reason to look for younger workers is to find people willing to work below their market rate because they are bad at negotiation. A decade of 5-10% raises can usually keep them happy which is a huge net win as they end up even further behind what the market would pay them. The problem is they only ever learn your internal system and often become blind to it's issues.

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Re:Too Much Experience to Be Hired? Some Older Americans Fac... by bbcbasic on Saturday March 25, 2017 @07:24PM (#13958055)
I think most tech workers would know the market rates for their position at least 1 year into their first job. Even if they don't want to - e.g. the recruiter who placed them calls them up 6 months later for a friendly chat. "We just want to check that you are happy!".
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