<story><title>It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-08/silicon-valley-s-job-hungry-say-we-re-not-to-old-for-this</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>albertop</author><text>I find it fascinating that when there is a discussion about age discrimination, most commenters have &amp;quot;advice&amp;quot; for the old farts how to stay current, learn current hip tech, be willing to work longer hours etc. However, we we talk about women in computing, it is always sexism and the discussion is about how the corporations need to change to attract more women. Pretty asymmetrical, don&amp;#x27;t you think?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maerF0x0</author><text>Bang on. Discrimination by sex is not socially acceptable. Discrimination by other protected factors is sometimes socially ok. (not that it should be).&lt;p&gt;Edit to add: At a former company i became a bit of an outsider when I noted at a diversity meeting that diversity meant more than the big 3 that tend to get pushed around Gender, Orientation, Race.  I noted that our office was young, had no parents, no ex convicts, no disabled people, few people who had not attended a top university (or no university for that matter) and few or no religious people...  people basically said &amp;quot;Why you against &amp;lt;women, colored...&amp;gt;?&amp;quot; as though it was some kind of zero sum fight.</text></comment>
<story><title>It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-08/silicon-valley-s-job-hungry-say-we-re-not-to-old-for-this</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>albertop</author><text>I find it fascinating that when there is a discussion about age discrimination, most commenters have &amp;quot;advice&amp;quot; for the old farts how to stay current, learn current hip tech, be willing to work longer hours etc. However, we we talk about women in computing, it is always sexism and the discussion is about how the corporations need to change to attract more women. Pretty asymmetrical, don&amp;#x27;t you think?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>donretag</author><text>My company is undergoing a big diversity initiative. Although the company is 75% female, the first task to is increase the number of women in tech. Race is also a factor. When asked about what is being done about age discrimination, there was a roundabout answer that did not address anything. Age diversity is not trendy.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I should clarify that I have nothing against the diversity initiative in general, just pointing how despite all the work that is&amp;#x2F;was done, age discrimination was not even considered.</text></comment>