Downsides to working at a tech giant

Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by lainga on Monday December 23, 2019 @08:46PM (#21869187)

I thought FAANG weren't hiring 35-year-olds?

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by CydeWeys on Monday December 23, 2019 @09:53PM (#21869478)

Definitely not true. It seems to me that, if anything, Google has been prioritizing experienced industry hires recently, many of whom are in that age range.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by lainga on Monday December 23, 2019 @10:01PM (#21869505)

That's interesting. Does "recently" mean it was not always so? My untested and rumour-based thoughts had been that they skewed towards younger (no family/ties/more energy/less negotiation skills) employees, and you were dead after 30.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by opportune on Monday December 23, 2019 @09:03PM (#21869256)

There are tons of 35 year olds at FAANG and they do hire a lot of people who are currently 35 too.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by eeZah7Ux on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:35AM (#21928391)

Correct. The hard threshold is 40.

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