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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by heedlessly2 on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:02PM (#15980526)
a 24 year old from a top CS college with 3 years of solid javascript experience will be better than a 40 year old with 15+ years of C#.net experience for today's job market
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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by ycombobreaker on Thursday December 21, 2017 @11:28PM (#15985277)
What about a 36 year old from a top CS college with 6 years of Java experience, 6 years of C#, and 3 years of Javascript? And many more failures and paradigm shifts under their belt, by the way. The core field of undergraduate CS hasn't changed much in the past decade, mostly there are new options for specialization and the bleeding edge remains in graduate programs. If you still think the 24 year old is the superior choice, then even generously you're not looking for skill.
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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by JustSomeNobody on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:05PM (#15983724)
If you live on the web, maybe this is your perspective. There's a whole 'nother world out there than just the web.
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