And Another Age Discriminator Passes Me Over
Published at 16:55 on 30 May 2019
It’s 17:00 on a Thursday a full ten days from when I interviewed for a job, and not a peep out of them, despite my sending a followup message. So you know what that means: they’re pursuing someone else but haven’t quite finalized things yet. But rest assured the odds are so insignificant they can safely be disregarded: at this stage, I have about as much chance as being hit by a stray meteor.
It’s not really a surprise or anything, but it is annoying, given how good a match the job in question was for my skills, and how well I solved one of the programming problems on the whiteboard. But there’s only so much you can do when not having any gray in your hair is one of the prime qualifications for the job.
And I’m certain the experience is equally frustrating for anyone who’s female, or who’s not White or Asian. Just keep this all in mind the next time you hear some stuffed shirt from the technology sector whining about a lack of qualified talent.