Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?
by kreeben on Monday December 28, 2020 @07:41PM
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This is surely a sensitive topic and I hope I'm not being too insensitive here, but I've personally never frowned upon someone who has less hair than me. Even if my hair is thicker than that of most people, that only means I have less testosterone in my body that you. It means you are more of a man than I am. Everyone knows that. I say, own it!
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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?
by tabtab on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:25PM
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I'm not saying people "should be" judged on hair, but in practice they are. If you look old, you score lower in IT interviews. I'm just reporting human nature, not making it. I don't have access to humanity's source code.
Fields like medicine and law value age. I'm jealous of those of fields. In IT you have a grey arrow on your back and have to consciously try to counter it, such as acting enthusiastic about dumb fads that management falls for.
Youngbees don't know better and lick them up with a smile: "Yum yum, block-chain q-bit microservice no-sql serverless node.js++ for our little contract tracking app! Woohoo!" I know better, but STFU to not look like an old-tech-loving geezer.
Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?
by kreeben on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:54PM
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All of that would change if only you had a full set of hair?
Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?
by tabtab on Monday December 28, 2020 @09:30PM
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No, it's just one part of a bigger issue. I did drift the topic a bit, I admit. Sign of old age :-)