QUOTE(Palindromes @ Feb 23 2020, 10:52 AM)
Seems like we can't avoid age discrimination when applying for programmer role.
The earliest age one could work probably is early twenties after finishing study.
Then I heard median age in Facebook and Google is about 28~30.
What is median age?
So if a Facebook/ Google employee spent 4 years in university pursuing a CS course and entered the workforce in 22, from the median age, we can tell that upon reaching 34 years old is already considered old in Facebook. Wow.
34~36 is still young, because 55~60 is the official retirement age. Bud, there is 20 years more to go.
Looking at the data from a single point will bring you to the wrong conclusions. The earliest age one could work probably is early twenties after finishing study.
Then I heard median age in Facebook and Google is about 28~30.
What is median age?
So if a Facebook/ Google employee spent 4 years in university pursuing a CS course and entered the workforce in 22, from the median age, we can tell that upon reaching 34 years old is already considered old in Facebook. Wow.
34~36 is still young, because 55~60 is the official retirement age. Bud, there is 20 years more to go.
Just because FAANG companies have a median age of 28~30 doesn't mean they're not hiring older people. All it says is that there are A LOT of people aged 28~30 in the company. It says little of the hiring practice or whether there is discrimination. Consider the simple fact that an older more senior person in such a company are likely to also be poached by another company or leave to start their own. So its more likely a problem of retaining the older workers, than not hiring them.