Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias

Re:Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias by LastManStanding on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @03:20PM (#4838734)

No evidence? He is overt in bragging about his age discrimination. He is likely the "thought leader" who made this practice acceptable in Silicon Valley.

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Re:Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias by chubot on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @03:54PM (#4838932)

* citation needed

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Re:Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias by LastManStanding on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @06:40PM (#4839999)

"The other cutoff, 38, has a lot more play in it. One reason I put it there is that I don't think many people have the physical stamina much past that age. I used to work till 2:00 or 3:00 AM every night, seven days a week. I don't know if I could do that now.

Also, startups are a big risk financially. If you try something that blows up and leaves you broke at 26, big deal; a lot of 26 year olds are broke. By 38 you can't take so many risks-- especially if you have kids."

http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html

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Re:Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias by chubot on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @08:21PM (#4840432)

I don't see any bragging there. Those seem like reasonable and non-discriminatory observations.

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Re:Silicon Valley's dirty secret - age bias by rdl on Thursday November 29, 2012 @03:44PM (#4850151)

I'm pretty happy that at 33 my life isn't really any different than it was at 17, except that I know more, have more stuff, have more money, and know more people. I guess I have slightly less physical endurance (although, not really), but rarely is that the primary factor for success.

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