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Search for young people? So discriminate?


I read that charitably as "give newbies a chance"


I really try hard to apply the principle of charity, but as a 67 year old developer who is still working, I'm afraid it's hard to read "search for young and talented people" without thinking of it as illegal age discrimination.

That said, I do like the interviewing approach we're replying to, other than that "y" word... :-)


Hey at least older people have laws that protect them.

Did you know that it is perfectly legal to discriminate against young people?

Yeah sucks to be them, I guess. Apparently nobody cares about discrimination against those people.

Old people are among the richest people in the world. But I guess when things are made fair, and neither young or old people are discriminated against, that appears like "discrimination" against those who are now being treated fairly.


Yeah absolutely, it was in the context of the OP.




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