64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken seriously as a job applicant

Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by siruncledrew on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:17AM (#19033509)

This is observational, but I notice older hiring managers are more ok with hiring older applicants. Maybe there’s some kind of relatability or something, but the older hires actually turned out to be cool, insightful people. It’s even pretty funny when they joke about age in a self-deprecating sense.

Consequently, I’ve seen that younger people are more wary of hiring people too far removed from their own demographic like there’s a forethought a 40+ dev is going to be some burdensome fart from an AARP commercial.

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Re:64 and unemployed: One man's struggle to be taken serious... by badpun on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:52AM (#19036035)

> Consequently, I’ve seen that younger people are more wary of hiring people too far removed from their own demographic like there’s a forethought a 40+ dev is going to be some burdensome fart from an AARP commercial.

Younger people often find it awkward and uncomfortable to manage someone who's closer to their dad than to them. I suspect in such cases they just filter them out if they have other candidates.

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