Over at the Upshot, Quoctrung Bui writes about some research showing which jobs older applicants (55+) are most and least likely to get. It’s no surprise that older workers are less likely to get physically demanding jobs, but that’s not actually the category that toughest on older workers:
This is the Silicon Valley mentality at work. The hiring managers at these companies simply don’t believe that anyone over 50 can possibly learn anything new. Nor will these oldsters work 100 hours a week (which is probably true). This is a message to the young bucks of the coding world: you’d better treat your career the same way football players do. You may be on top of the world right now, but in 20 years you’ll be considered a dinosaur too. If you don’t make enough money so you can retire at 50, you’ll be screwed.
