Ageism in tech is especially weird.
When you’re in your 30s and you’re made to feel old, you know there’s something wrong with (at least some quarters of) the culture.
Clearly, many people are having a hard time moving off of Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous quote: “Young people are just smarter.” In this interview with Maureen Clough, someone who has also felt the sting of corporate downsizing in tech, we unpack a number of the tropes and myths around getting older and how to keep it together professionally.
There are a number of “acts” to perform in our careers, so we want to be able to understand them, prepare for them, and grow into them.
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