Feds: IBM did discriminate against older workers in making layoffs
The big tech giants have used this marketing ploy that &quot;older workers don&#x27;t understand new tech&quot; to undercut them at almost every opportunity.<p>I honestly have no idea why they are allowed to get away with this in the media and public opinion. Maybe because older people don&#x27;t know new tech, so they think older programmers don&#x27;t know it either?<p>It&#x27;s insane to me that an older programmer with decades of experience and multiple language fluency is somehow &quot;worse&quot; than a 25 year old who has been programming professionally for a few years at best and probably knows fewer languages.<p>Tech companies think they can get away with it because they do exactly what IBM did, fire all the old hats, then hire back the ones they really do need at cheaper, contractor rates.<p>It&#x27;s pretty revolting to me.<p>Sure there are old people at these large tech companies just collecting a paycheck and really aren&#x27;t better than the younger guys, but it&#x27;s clearly not to the extent that IBM would make you think.<p>Another reason why I won&#x27;t ever work for a large company again.