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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
Myself and several of my friends have experienced an age bias in the computer industry by younger techies. They didn't want to get along with the older workers.
The ones I ran into, knew it all, and had no use if someone asked a question. They viewed people who were in their 50's and 60's as outcast.
Not like the old days when older workers trained younger workers, in various skills. My friend has experienced younger workers, who don't have any social skills, and treat him like an outcast. It's their loss.
Everyone just wants to make a living with as few hassles, as possible. It's sad that older workers are being forced out, before they reach retirement in some cases.
You know what they say, "what goes around comes around".
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Unfortunately, I had to be present at several "layoff" meetings. At one there was an older man in an overall, quiet and kind of gentle man. The "Advisor" at this meeting asked him what he did - "I take care of all the machines in the machine shop. I oil them, I repair them, I keep them running." "How long have you done this?. "Oh about 30 years." "How do you manage to keep the machines current?" "Oh, I have a little book with all the information in it." She asked if she could see the book, she flipped through the pages of this small spiral bound note pad and handed it back to him. "Go home and burn this, they don't deserve you. There is no one else who will come in here and care for their machinery the way you have."