noageismintech.com
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SHOW HN2019
523points
291comments
#25of 2,195 in 2019
Top 2%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
18 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Idea: 14 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for fighting age bias in hiring
From 3 comments
Great idea! The best two engineers I've had the pleasure to work with were both 45+ years old. They had a cool head when shit hit the fan, and were generally unfazed about…
sergiotapia on HNTHANK YOU. I’m not enough of a dinosaur to need this yet, but this is the right approach. Advertise willingness to hire regardless of age, which works to ingrain acceptance in…
garmaine on HNThank you so much for this. A CS professor of mine who is currently struggling with her income and her future (even though she is tenured) could really use something like this…
christiansakai on HN
Objections
Ageism may be a rational market response to salary and availability
From 2 comments
Granted I’m only 42 but I’ve never experienced a hint of ageism here in Scandinavia. Maybe it’s an American thing? But to you who complain of ageism, would you be fine working…
Grustaf on HNHow much is ageism, and how much is it employers feeling like a more senior person will have higher salary expectations?
rdlecler1 on HN
Site was slow or glitching and the redirect was broken
From 2 comments
The link is redirecting me back to HN post. How’s this on the front page?
social_quotient on HNSite got slashdotted. Wayback machine copy: http://web.archive.org/web/20190622083122/https://noageismintech.com/ Also, can some one explain the "diversity link" on a bunch of…
bin0 on HN
Requests
Make job listings searchable or sortable
From 1 comment
It would be more useful if the jobs were searchable or sortable. It's frustrating that I have to go to each company's page to see the jobs.
mbrameld on HN
Add more schools to the education field
From 1 comment
School seems to be a mandatory field and I couldn't find some schools on the list.
rbanffy on HN
Questions
How do you get companies to post on a new job board?
From 1 comment
I'm not trying to be critical but genuinely curious? How do you convince companies to post on a job board that is new like this (or any other marketplace type product)? Is this a…
whatisthemaxcha on HN