Then why not ask for gender while we are at it. And race as well. Collecting data selectively is how discrimination starts. But you are probably right, it's not illegal.
I doubt many 40+ programmers are going to come out in support of this article. In cases of discrimination, you are labeled a crybaby so it's better to just stay quite. HN is mostly young and the only 40+ ones here are…
It's deplorable that people like PG insist on age as a criteria for the YC application :-(
YC application asks for age. Ageism?
Then why not ask for gender while we are at it. And race as well. Collecting data selectively is how discrimination starts. But you are probably right, it's not illegal.
I doubt many 40+ programmers are going to come out in support of this article. In cases of discrimination, you are labeled a crybaby so it's better to just stay quite. HN is mostly young and the only 40+ ones here are…
It's deplorable that people like PG insist on age as a criteria for the YC application :-(
YC application asks for age. Ageism?