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Subject:RE: Job market and potential age discrimination? From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:58:20 -0400
Not me...I'm 48...I've just always thought that most 20-somethings were
idiots..until they prove themselves otherwise. Shoot...at 20-something, -I-
was an idiot.
Come to think of it, I think most 30 and 40-somethings are idiots until they
prove themselves otherwise.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
"Be accurate...the 4am wakeup call you prevent could be your manager's"
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Wolf [mailto:bwolf -at- scheidt-bachmann-usa -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:50 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Job market and potential age discrimination?
Item 3) just put a jolt of fear in 30+ and 40+ members of this list, I'm
sure.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gilger.John" <JGilger -at- acresgaming -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:46 PM
Subject: RE: Job market and potential age discrimination?
I'll never tell ;) but...
1) I started young
2) Most of my interviewers were not 20-somethings (phew)
3) 20-somethings figure thirty-something is old and don't know the
difference between 30+, 40+, or 50+ :)
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Wolf [mailto:bwolf -at- scheidt-bachmann-usa -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:38 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Job market and potential age discrimination?
So, John, what do you do when you go to a job interview and some 20
something interviewer's jaw drops to the floor because you look like his
grandpa? Facelifts and "Just for Men" perhaps?
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