On: Ageism in the Game Industry

[tptacek]

And so there you go, right off the bat, you're treating older candidates differently than younger ones, based on a stereotype.

[jiggy2011 → tptacek]

Suggesting that older and more experienced candidates are older and more experienced? Hardly a stereotype.

[tptacek → jiggy2011]

Attempting to immunize yourself from claims of bigotry by handwaving about virtues that offset the stereotype you're defending is the second oldest rhetorical tactic in the prejudiced debater's handbook.

The first of them would be, "but some of my best friends are older adults!"

[tptacek → tptacek]

This was a shitty way to argue; my comment above was directed at a comment on the thread, but this one feels more like it's directed at a commenter. I think the argument --- that some kinds of ageism might not be a problem, because they involve jobs old people shouldn't want --- is toxic. But I resorted to snark and sabotaged my point.

I apologize.

[jiggy2011 → tptacek]

Thanks!

It was interesting to watch the karma swing here, my top post went from +4 to -4 within around 30 mins of your first comment in this subthread.

[wglb → jiggy2011]

In your comment I suspect you would find an age bias in most industries suggests that since it happens in other industries, that is somehow ok.

[tomjen3 → wglb]

That doesn't suggest it at all - it does suggest that the solution isn't likely be to change something that is unique to the gaming industry.

[jiggy2011 → wglb]

I'm not sure what you mean, it's not so much age as things that are likely to correlate strongly with age such as experience salary expectations and willingness to work insane numbers of hours.

[jpindar → jiggy2011]

So you admit to more bigotry... that you think older people are greedy and lazy.