Re:How the Valley treats experienced people
by Consultant32452 on Sunday December 30, 2018 @09:47AM
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For men and women it tends to be equal and opposite. Young men are at their lowest social value when young, they're disposable, expected to destroy their bodies to make a living, etc. As they get older their social value goes up. It's the opposite for women whose social value peaks at 18 and declines over the years with a significant drop in the 30s when fertility wanes.
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Re:How the Valley treats experienced people
by mcguire on Sunday December 30, 2018 @11:46AM
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I suspect the (young, male) workers at the FAANG and the (older, male) workers in this thread would be counterexamples.
Re:How the Valley treats experienced people
by ianai on Sunday December 30, 2018 @12:07PM
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They're the exception that "proves" the rule, really. There's a quote from someone that goes along the lines "Young women are generally the most valued people by society. The people least valued by society are young men." That's probably what the previous comment was rephrasing. I experienced this first hand, as a man, after graduating from college at the start of the great recession and not having any luck finding work for years thereafter.
Having said that, the economy has been very different for this cycle than it was when I was fresh out of college. It clearly varies inside and outside SV, and all the other usual caveats.