Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi...
by websap on Saturday June 25, 2022 @12:32PM
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You have victim mentality. Odds aren't stacked against you, most people in this industry don't care how old you are. Though statements like this show that you would be a hard person to work with:
1. There seems to be considerable resentment towards us older folks.
2. But feel free to judge me. You won't be alone.
You seem to be accusing companies and younger people of ageism, but I'm yet to hear a concrete example. From reading what you wrote, I can say it seems you seem to be exhibiting an adverse reaction to young people doing well.
> If you pit me against some kid, right out of college, that has been spending three hours (of their current employer's time), every day, for the last month, practicing leetcode, you'll get someone that is very good at doing quick, meaningless tests.
Not sure how you got to the conclusion that younger engineers are stealing time from their employers to leetcode.
I wish you the best, and hope you get a chance to analyze your biases.
I did well enough, so some very tough people kept me in my position for a long time.
When they finally rolled up my department, the person with the least tenure had a decade.
These were all senior-level C++ algorithm engineers. We did image processing pipelines for one of the most famous imaging companies on earth.
But feel free to judge me. You won't be alone.