Most of the interviewers were in their 20/30s and so is everybody on their "career" web pages and presentation documents. However, in the team I'll join, at least two people are about my age or older.
What I can tell is that never in the recruiting process did I feel discriminated against. Once you're in the loop, their main concern seems to be how well you perform in the interviews. I feel I was at a slight disadvantage compared to to my younger self in term of thinking speed for the algorithmic questions but this can be compensated by a better preparation.
EDIT: not sure why you're down-voted. Ageism is a thing and a legitimate source of concern.
EDIT: not sure why you're down-voted. Ageism is a thing and a legitimate source of concern.
There’s some folks here who REALLY don’t like talking about true ways our industry can fail and in some cases has failed at being decent and fair and ethical to people of protected classes, or just in general.
I think it's generally what he said. We age in one or two ways - get old and decrepit, or get overwhelming experience/skill which is tremendously useful. The first scares people and a lot do assume it's just the first part - maybe they think I am unaware of the second.
Thanks for your reply! For full context, I am older too, that's why I asked.
Oh I grokked it ;) but I felt very it needed a very fine and hyper-specific point to it because I'm older too, I also happen to be a racial minority, and it's a frustrating and sore point of mine-the way these topics sometimes (though in my honest opinion: far too often) get blunted and watered down so that whomever can avoid the uncomfortable sensation of staring a reality they don't suffer from, but might (operative word: might) be an unwitting participant of in the maw.
Let it be said now that your eyes are on this line, dear readers: that's not me suggesting or intimating that the person I replied to above is doing this. They're not. But it is a trend that some would be more than happy to pretend doesn't exist because they haven't had a reason to tune their cognitive receivers into the broadcast frequency people like me are sensitive to and have been bombarded with for far longer, with far worse outcomes.
Once they decide to go through the process, you'll be treated equally, however, the process itself is biased against folks who have other life goals, like raising families, who otherwise don't have the time to do competitive leetcode in their free time, but would make great employees.
Most of the interviewers were in their 20/30s and so is everybody on their "career" web pages and presentation documents. However, in the team I'll join, at least two people are about my age or older.
What I can tell is that never in the recruiting process did I feel discriminated against. Once you're in the loop, their main concern seems to be how well you perform in the interviews. I feel I was at a slight disadvantage compared to to my younger self in term of thinking speed for the algorithmic questions but this can be compensated by a better preparation.
EDIT: not sure why you're down-voted. Ageism is a thing and a legitimate source of concern.