Re:Age Discrimination in Silicon Valley
by enraged_camel on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @01:24PM
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>> might be more stubborn and resistant to leadership.
If you mean "stubborn and resistant to bullshit" then yes.
Older employees are much less likely to be deceived, because they've seen enough of the working world to notice common patterns and pitfalls.
Tell a 23 year old that you're going to disrupt an industry and need some rockstars to pull it off, and they might jump onboard. Tell the same thing to a 35 year old and they will just laugh at you.
If you mean "stubborn and resistant to bullshit" then yes.
Older employees are much less likely to be deceived, because they've seen enough of the working world to notice common patterns and pitfalls.
Tell a 23 year old that you're going to disrupt an industry and need some rockstars to pull it off, and they might jump onboard. Tell the same thing to a 35 year old and they will just laugh at you.