This week I heard a term that gave voice to a phenomenon I knew existed but couldn’t quite articulate: the shadow threat of ageism. It's that ominous sense a younger person may have in the workplace, knowing opportunity will diminish as …
Ageism
At What Age Should You Stop Being Yourself at Work?
We’ve all done it, those of us who are older at work. We’ve held back from saying what was on the tip of our tongue, as we suddenly feared, “Will that date me?” I’ve heard people in tech say they never mention their children at work …
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5 Moments Sure to Make You Feel Old in Tech
Your age is showing. No way around it, that’s a cringey feeling when you’re over 45 in tech. And no matter how great your team is, no matter how many inclusion policies your company boasts of, if you’re working in a company dominated by …
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AEA in the Arena: Addressing Ageism From the Top Down
Should ageism be addressed from the top down or the bottom up? In tech SaaS sales, there’s a perennial conversation about whether the “top-down” or “bottoms-up” approach is better. The former sells to the highest levels of an organization …
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Age: Why It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature
It wasn’t until I worked at a startup that I heard the phrase, “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” If you’re not familiar, “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature,” is a wry and ironic response by a developer to a user who calls out a bug in …
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