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Re:How to succeed at Meta as SWE – focus on metrics, ignore ... by yodsanklai on Thursday October 13, 2022 @01:43PM (#33194214)
There are two big differences. Family doctor can work easily until 65. And they don't need to live in the most expensive cities in the world.

For comparaison, there are extremely few SWEs in FAANG over 50 years old.

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Re:How to succeed at Meta as SWE – focus on metrics, ignore ... by hnfong on Thursday October 13, 2022 @01:57PM (#33194334)
Extremely few? If the company only existed for less than 20 years and founded by a bunch of college dropouts, you wouldn't have many workers over 50.

You're mistaking the exponential growth of the SWE "profession" with Ageism.

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Re:How to succeed at Meta as SWE – focus on metrics, ignore ... by yodsanklai on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:22PM (#33194584)
The company exists for less than 20 years and since then, they have hired 10000s of SWE. Their selection process is heavily biased toward younger people, and so is their performance evaluation process. Their demographic is totally not representative or the workforce, and it's not just a coincidence.
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