Shame on you, HP! You copied IBM! Lawsuit klaxon: HP, HPE accused of coordinated plan to oust older staff in favor of cheaper, compliant youngsters IBM isn’t the only IT giant said to be unfairly binning elders https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/22/hp_hpe_accused_of_coordinated/ © 2020 The Register Hhm, cheaper, […]
Tag: ageism
Older IT workers
Older IT Workers Left Out Despite Tech Talent Shortage U.S. tech sector skews younger than the workforce as a whole, with the largest gap among employees 35 to 44 https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-it-workers-left-out-despite-tech-talent-shortage-11574683200 Copyright ©2019 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. I hope that all […]
Who needs a senior developer?
This article about senior developers will make you think. Developers — here is the best WHY to quit your 9–5 job Software Engineering is dead-end career, employability decline at the age of 35 — says Bloomberg. https://medium.com/swlh/developers-here-is-the-most-convincing-reason-for-quitting-your-9-5-job-111801b7bd8 Written by Pen Magnet This article has […]
Earnings ceiling
If you work in IT, you might want to read this article by Nate Swanner. Ageism in Effect: The Earnings Ceiling for Tech Professionals Over 40 New data shows that, as tech pros age, they earn more… but ageism starts to kick in when […]
Programmierer gesucht
Hhm. Gibt es jetzt zu wenige Programmierer, so das Tim Cook schon auf Schüler und Studenten zurückgreifen muss… Apple-Chef: Vier Jahre an der Uni für Entwickler unnötig Tim Cook will junge Leute schneller in die IT holen. Aktuelle Bildungsansätze hält er für überholt. https://heise.de/-4420452 […]
Ageism and Burn-out
Okay folks, let’s have a look at the dark side of working in IT. Surviving as an Old in the Tech World https://www.wired.com/story/surviving-as-an-old-in-the-tech-world/ What can you do when the pup of programming becomes the black dog of burnout? Dude, leave https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/18/burn_out_and_leave_patching_the_patcher/ Is this just […]
Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM
https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-american-workers/ Here it is again. Ageism in IT. Shame!
Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older Workers — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-ads-age-discrimination-targeting Hhm. After reading this article, I still don’t know if, for tech companies, I’m dead at 40 or 50. Oh my.