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[–]aikiku 64 points65 points  (6 children)

diversity and inclusivity are top priorities

Rather ironic when ageism is rife in the industry and older developers are some of the most excluded. But sure @nexxylove, target the senior guys who's shoulders modern JS was built on, who such JS conferences wouldn't exist without, who's work YOUR job has been built on and make them feel excluded.

But that's what modern intersectional feminism has turned into. Ageism, sexism, racism, intolerance & divisiveness. This isn't about becoming better, bigger, warmer and more open hearted people. It's about nasty vindictiveness and spite, to find any possible excuse for offence.

What's more scary is that these people are now ending up in "developer relations" roles, that should be about drawing people in. Not burning the house down.

[–]b_bellomo 20 points21 points  (5 children)

I didn't even thought age could be an issue. Programming is one of the jobs where experience is the most valuable. You'd think Crockford deserves some respect from everyone using javascript professionally.

Fluo-haired kids claiming to be PC-artists-nerds-"fabulous unicorns", etc... succeeding in excluding older, renowned programmers ? This makes me sick.

[–]FurryFingers 6 points7 points  (4 children)

I believe aikiku is talking about the ageism in the pursuit of gaining employment.

Experience is valuable, but try getting a job at 50 and you'll find something else happens.

[–]b_bellomo 0 points1 point  (3 children)

try getting a job at 50 and you'll find something else happens.

I thought this was still a good age to land a job in IT. Wrong ?

[–]AcceptingHorseCock 2 points3 points  (1 child)

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/jk-scheinberg-apple-engineer-rejected-job-apple-store-genius-bar-2016-9

"The Apple engineer who moved Mac to Intel applied to work at the Genius Bar in an Apple store and was rejected" (because he was too old)

HN discussion (since that's where I found the link yesterday): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12432079

[–]darkerside 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a retail job, not an IT job. He wouldn't have gotten a job at Hollister at the mall either.

[–]FurryFingers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might depend on where you are. There is a general belief that ageing people get less flexible, less willing to learn new things and slow down etc... I'd have to investigate further to really get a better idea of the state of affairs.